Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Cactus Canastero (Asthenes cactorum) - HBW 8, p. 303
French: Synallaxe des cactus
German: Kaktuscanastero
Spanish: Canastero de los Cactos
Taxonomy: Asthenes cactorum Koepcke, 1959, Atico, Arequipa, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with A. modesta, and sometimes considered conspecific. Supposedly smaller birds from the lomas of Lachay region, having greyish-rose cast and very dark central rectrices with dark rufous webs, described as race lachayensis; those from higher Andes from Lima S to Arequipa proposed as race monticola, said to differ from birds of coastal lomas in larger size, browner (less ochre) upperparts, darker central rectrices, somewhat darker throat patch, and less uniform underparts with more contrasting darker sides and flanks; both populations, ho.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with A. modesta, and sometimes considered conspecific. Supposedly smaller birds from the lomas of Lachay region, having greyish-rose cast and very dark central rectrices with dark rufous webs, described as race lachayensis; those from higher Andes from Lima S to Arequipa proposed as race monticola, said to differ from birds of coastal lomas in larger size, browner (less ochre) upperparts, darker central rectrices, somewhat darker throat patch, and less uniform underparts with more contrasting darker sides and flanks; both populations, however, appear to be products of clinal variation combined with differences in degree of plumage wear, and described characters do not permit diagnosis of individual specimens. Monotypic.
Distribution: W slope of Andes of SW Peru (Lima S to Arequipa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground, next to a cactus Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 31 January 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 2.7
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Adult on a cactus
Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru (ssp lachayensis)
Jean Paul Perret 26 April 2011 39 weeks ago 4.3
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Song. Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 4 July 2008 2 years ago 3
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