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Cordilleran Canastero (Asthenes modesta)

Cordilleran Canastero
Photo: David F. Belmonte via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Cordilleran Canastero

The cordilleran canastero (Asthenes modesta) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The cordilleran canastero's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) assign it these seven subspecies: A. m. proxima (Chapman, 1921) A. m. modesta (Eyton, 1852) A. m. hilereti (Oustalet, 1904) A. m. rostrata (von Berlepsch, 1901) A. m. serrana Nores, 1986 A. m. cordobae Nores & Yzurieta, 1980 A. m. australis Hellmayr, 1925

Source: Cordilleran canastero on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 74 recordings for this species: 20 CC BY-NC-SA · 16 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.

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