Berlepsch's canastero

Berlepsch's canastero (Asthenes berlepschi) is a species of the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. It is endemic to Bolivia.

Berlepsch's canastero

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Asthenes
Species:
A. berlepschi
Binomial name
Asthenes berlepschi
(Hellmayr, 1917)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German ornithologist and collector Hans von Berlepsch.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Asthenes berlepschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Boelens, Bo; Michael Watkins (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 50.


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