Asthenes Humilis Bird

English Name:  Streak-throated Canastero
Latin Name:  Asthenes humilis
Protonym:  Synallaxis humilis J.Orn. 21 p.319
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Asthenes
Taxonomy Code:  sttcan1
Type Locality:  Maraynioc, Peru.
Author:  Cabanis
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ASTHENES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Sharp-billed Canastero A. pyrrholeuca sordida) Gr. ασθενης asthenēs  insignificant (an epithet of the bird βουδυτης boudutēs, now associated with the Yellow Wagtail, but formerly variously identified)  < negative prefix α- a- ; σθενος sthenos  power; "LXXXVII. Asthenes RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. — Schnabel vollkommen gerade und spitz, Schwanzfedern gesteigert, verschmälert und abgerundet. Kleid einfarbig ungefleckt. — Den Drosselrohrsänger, Junco arundinaceus, hier deutlich repräsentirend.    374. A. sordida (Synall. — LESS. Rev. 1839. 105.) RCHB. t. DXX. 3606.   ...   375. A. brunnea (Synall. — GOULD Beagle 78.6.) RCHB.   ...   376. A. striaticollis (Anumbius — D'ORBG. LAFR. syn. Voy. p. 255.) RCHB.   ...   377. A. rubra (Anumbius ruber D'ORBG. LAFR.) RCHB.   ...   378. A. aradoides (Anabates — LAFR. Mag. Zool. 1832. t. 8.) RCHB. t. DXXVII. 2642." (Reichenbach 1853); "Asthenes Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 168. Type, by subsequent designation, Synallaxis sordida Lesson (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 27)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 103).
Var. Astheres.
Synon. Eusiptornoides, Oreophylax, Pseudosiptornis, Schizoeaca, Siptornoides.

humilis
L. humilis  lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain  < humus, humi  ground.

SUBSPECIES

Streak-throated Canastero (cajamarcae)
Latin Name: Asthenes humilis cajamarcae
cajamarcae
Cajamarca, Peru.

Streak-throated Canastero (humilis)
Latin Name: Asthenes humilis humilis
humilis
L. humilis  lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain  < humus, humi  ground.

Streak-throated Canastero (robusta)
Latin Name: Asthenes humilis robusta
robusta
L. robustus  powerful, strong, robust  < robur, roboris  hardwood.