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Patagonian Canastero (Asthenes patagonica) - HBW 8, p. 310

French: Synallaxe de Patagonie German: Fleckenkehlcanastero Spanish: Canastero Patagón

Taxonomy: Synallaxis patagonica d’Orbigny, 1839, Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina.
Plumage similarities and biogeography have suggested to some authors that sister-species is A. humicola. Voice, tail structure, nest structure, foraging behaviour and habitat, however, indicate that it may be more closely related to the group, possibly a superspecies, formed by A. dorbignyi and A. berlepschi and also including probably A. steinbachi and A. baeri; in some aspects of plumage, tail structure, behaviour, voice and nest structure, all of these are more similar to Phacellodomus (especially P. striaticeps) and possibly better placed i.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Synallaxis patagonica d’Orbigny, 1839, Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina.
Plumage similarities and biogeography have suggested to some authors that sister-species is A. humicola. Voice, tail structure, nest structure, foraging behaviour and habitat, however, indicate that it may be more closely related to the group, possibly a superspecies, formed by A. dorbignyi and A. berlepschi and also including probably A. steinbachi and A. baeri; in some aspects of plumage, tail structure, behaviour, voice and nest structure, all of these are more similar to Phacellodomus (especially P. striaticeps) and possibly better placed in that genus. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Argentina, from S Mendoza, La Pampa and S Buenos Aires S to N Santa Cruz.

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