The sharp-billed canastero or lesser canastero (''Asthenes pyrrholeuca'') is a species of
bird in the family
Furnariidae, the
ovenbirds.
The sharp-billed canastero is a
resident breeding species in central and southern
Argentina and the eastern border
Andean cordillera of
Chile; some birds migrate north as far as the southwest border of
Paraguay, the southern border region of
Bolivia
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, and western
Uruguay, in the
austral winter
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. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical dry
shrubland
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, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and temperate
grassland. Two subspecies are recognized:
*''Asthenes pyrrholeuca pyrrholeuca''
(Vieillot
Louis Pierre Vieillot (10 May 1748, Yvetot – 24 August 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist.
Vieillot is the author of the first scientific descriptions and Linnaean names of a number of birds, including species he collect ...
, 1817) -
Argentina
*''Asthenes pyrrholeuca sordida''
( Lesson, 1839) -
Chile and Argentina
References
External links
Photo gallery- VIREO
Sounds- xeno-canto
Asthenes
Birds of Argentina
Birds of Uruguay
Birds of Paraguay
Birds of Bolivia
Birds of Chile
Birds described in 1817
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
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