Creamy-breasted Canastero - BirdForum Opus

Pale-tailed Canastero, subspecies usheri
Photo by Stanley Jones
Pueblo Libre, Áncash, Peru, August 2017

Alternative name: Rusty-vented Canastero

Asthenes dorbignyi

Includes: Dark-winged Canastero and Pale-tailed Canastero

Identification

Dark-winged Canastero
Photo by Alan99
Photographed on the wall just outside room window in Putre, Chile

14–16 cm (5½-6¼ in)

• Brown upperparts
• Cream white lower parts
• Pale grey superciliary
• Color of ear-coverts, wings and tail are variable among subspecies, but always dark.
• Rufous rump and flanks
• Chestnut chin patch

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Dark-winged Canastero nest
Photo by njlarsen
Photographed along the road to Putre, Chile, December 2009

There are 5 subspecies^[1], which are sometimes split in three species:
Creamy-breasted Canastero (A. dorbignyi)

• A. d. consobrina:

• Andes of north-western Bolivia (La Paz)

• A. d. dorbignyi:

• Andes of Bolivia and north-western Argentina
  

Dark-winged Canastero (A. arequipae)

• A. d. arequipae:

• Andes of western Peru (Lima and Ayacucho) to western Bolivia and northern Chile
  

Pale-tailed Canastero (A. huancavelicae)

• A. d. usheri:

• Arid Andes of south-central Peru (Ancash to Apurímac)

• A. d. huancavelicae:

• Arid Andes of south-western Peru (Huancavelica)

Habitat

High-altitude shrubland and scrub, below Puna habitat.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage singly and in pairs for seeds and insects.

Breeding

Builds its large nest with side entrance in large cactus.

Gallery

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  Pale-tailed Canastero
  Photo by Peter R. Bono
  Pachacata below Abancay, Peru, July 2008

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Apr 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Creamy-breasted Canastero. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Creamy-breasted_Canastero

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