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Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Puna Canastero (Asthenes sclateri) - HBW 8, p. 304

French: Synallaxe de Cordoba German: Südlicher Schwarzstrichelcanastero Spanish: Canastero de la Puna
Other common names: Cordoba Canastero; Puno Canastero (“punensis group”); Bolivian Canastero (cuchacanchae); Lillo’s Canastero (lilloi)

Taxonomy: Synallaxis Sclateri Cabanis, 1878, Sierra de Córdoba, Argentina.
Considered by some to form a superspecies with A. wyatti and A. anthoides. Possibly best treated as conspecific with former, as birds in L Titicaca region (Peru-Bolivia border) appear to be intergrades between the two; race punensis (with cuchacanchae and lilloi) previously considered conspecific with A. wyatti, and often treated as a separate species. Species limits in need of careful revision. Sight records from S Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija) presumed referable to race cuchacanchae. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • punensis (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901) - Titicaca Basin in extreme S Peru (S Puno) and W Bolivia (La Paz).
  • cuchacanchae (Chapman, 1921) - Andes of C Bolivia (Cochabamba, Potosí, sight records also from Chuquisaca and Tarija) and NW Argentina (Salta).
  • lilloi (Oustalet, 1904) - Andes of NW Argentina (Catamarca, Tucumán, La Rioja).

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  • punensis (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901) - Titicaca Basin in extreme S Peru (S Puno) and W Bolivia (La Paz).
  • cuchacanchae (Chapman, 1921) - Andes of C Bolivia (Cochabamba, Potosí, sight records also from Chuquisaca and Tarija) and NW Argentina (Salta).
  • lilloi (Oustalet, 1904) - Andes of NW Argentina (Catamarca, Tucumán, La Rioja).
  • sclateri (Cabanis, 1878) - NC Argentina (Sierra de Córdoba and other mountains in region).
  • brunnescens Nores & Yzurieta, 1983 - C Argentina (Sierra de San Luis).
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