Berlepsch's canastero
Appearance
Berlepsch's canastero | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Asthenes |
Species: | A. berlepschi
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Binomial name | |
Asthenes berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1917)
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The Berlepsch's canastero (Asthenes berlepschi) is a species of Ovenbird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to Bolivia.
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
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Boelens, Bo; Michael Watkins (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 50.