Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Creamy-breasted Canastero (Asthenes dorbignyi)
Taxonomy
French: Synallaxe de d’Orbigny German: Rostbürzelcanastero Spanish: Canastero rojizo
Other common names:
Rusty-vented Canastero
Taxonomy:
Bathmidura Dorbignyi
Reichenbach
, 1853,Palca, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Subspecies and Distribution
A. d. consobrina
Hellmayr, 1925 – Andes of SW Bolivia (SE La Paz, NE Oruro, N Potosí).
A. d. dorbignyi
(Reichenbach, 1853) – Andes of C & S Bolivia (Cochabamba S to E Potosí and Tarija) and NW Argentina (Jujuy S to Mendoza).
Descriptive notes
14–16 cm; 14·5–22 g. A handsomely patterned unstreaked canastero with conspicuously contrasting rump, more similar in plumage and tail structure to... read more
Voice
Song (nominate race) c. 2–3·5 seconds long, a series of (c. 14–16) high notes,... read more
Habitat
Arid montane scrub and Polylepis woodland in Bolivia; a variety of arid scrubby habitats,... read more
Food and feeding
Recorded dietary items are ants and seeds. Forages singly or in pairs. Evidently gleans arthropods mainly from ground, also from low... read more
Breeding
Season presumably during austral spring-summer; eggs in Nov and Feb in Argentina, and Feb in Bolivia; fledglings in Jan–Feb in... read more
Movements
Mainly resident; some post-breeding downslope movement in Argentina.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Fairly common to common in much of the species’ comparatively large range. Tolerates moderate habitat degradation, even... read more
Usually considered conspecific with A. usheri, A. huancavelicae and A. arequipae (which see). Otherwise appears to be closest to A. berlepschi and A. baeri, and may be conspecific with former (see that species). Two subspecies recognized.