Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Milloq, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Milloq, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Acjanaco, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cabrerias, Arequipa
Status: The Streak-throated Canastero is fairly common in the grasslands of the high Andes at elevations ranging between 3100-4800 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Canastero de Garganta Rayada.
Sub-species: Streak-throated Canastero (Asthenes humilis cajamarcae), J. T. Zimmer, 1936. Andes of NW Peru (S Cajamarca).
(Asthenes humilis humilis), Cabanis, 1873. Andes of C Peru (La Libertad and Ancash S to Huancavelica and Ayacucho).
(Asthenes humilis robusta), Berlepsch, 1901. Andes of S Peru (Cuzco S to Puno) and N Bolivia (La Paz, W Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Asthenes: Gr. a= a negative prefix and sthenos= power. asthenes= insignificant, powerless. humilis: L. humus, humi= ground. Humilis= small, humble, on the ground.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.