Streak-backed canastero

Streak-backed canastero
song recorded in Ecuador
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Genus:	Asthenes
Species:	A. wyatti
Binomial name
Asthenes wyatti (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1871)
Subspecies
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The streak-backed canastero (Asthenes wyatti) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Twelve subspecies are recognized:

• Asthenes wyatti wyatti (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1871) - eastern Andes of northern Colombia
• Asthenes wyatti sanctaemartae Todd, 1950 - Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)
• Asthenes wyatti perijana Phelps Jr, 1977) - northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
• Asthenes wyatti mucuchiesi Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 - Mérida and Trujillo (western Venezuela)
• Asthenes wyatti aequatorialis (Chapman, 1921) - central Ecuador
• Asthenes wyatti azuay (Chapman, 1923) - southern Ecuador
• Asthenes wyatti graminicola (Sclater, PL, 1874) - Peru
• Asthenes wyatti punensis (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901) - Bolivia and Peru
• Asthenes wyatti cuchacanchae (Chapman, 1921) - Bolivia and northwest Argentina (Salta)
• Asthenes wyatti lilloi (Oustalet, 1904) - northwest Argentina
• Asthenes wyatti sclateri (Cabanis, 1878) - Sierra de Córdoba of central Argentina
• Asthenes wyatti brunnescens Nores & Yzurieta, 1983 - Sierra de San Luis of central Argentina