Asthenes

Streak-backed canastero Asthenes wyatti, copyright G. Groitman.

Belongs within: Furnariidae.

Asthenes, canasteros, is a genus of small, usually long-tailed furnariids found in open grassy or shrubby habitats.

Asthenes
|--+--A. baeriBKB15
| `--A. dorbignyiBKB15
`--+--A. helleriBKB15 [=Schizoeaca helleriJT12]
`--+--+--+--A. hartertiBKB15 [=Schizoeaca hartertiJT12]
| | `--A. moreiraeBKB15 [=Oreophylax moreiraeJT12]
| `--+--A. ottonisBKB15
| `--+--A. fuliginosaBKB15 [=Schizoeaca fuliginosaJT12]
| `--A. pudibundaBKB15
`--+--A. pyrrholeucaBKB15
`--+--A. humilisBKB15
`--+--+--A. flammulataBKB15
| `--A. urubambensisBKB15
`--+--+--A. anthoidesBKB15
| `--A. modestaBKB15
`--+--A. sclateriBKB15
`--A. wyattiBKB15

Asthenes incertae sedis:
A. arequipaeJT12
A. ayacuchensisAP21
A. berlepschiJT12
A. coryiAP21
A. griseomurinaAP21
A. heteruraJT12
A. huancavelicaeJT12
A. hudsoniJT12
A. luizaeJT12
A. maculicaudaJT12
A. perijanaHSS13
A. vilcabambaeAP21
A. virgataJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[HSS13] Hirschfeld, E., A. Swash & R. Still. 2013. The World’s Rarest Birds. Princeton University Press: Princeton (New Jersey).

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

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