Creamy-breasted Canastero (Asthenes dorbignyi)

Creamy-breasted Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Asthenes dorbignyi. A. arequipae, A. usheri and A. huancavelicae (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as A. dorbignyi following SACC (2005 and updates), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	16 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	689,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.81 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified. This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat loss and degradation (del Hoyo et al. 2003).

Trend justification: This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat loss and degradation (del Hoyo et al. 2003).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Argentina	Bolsón de Pipanaco
Argentina	Caspala y Santa Ana
Argentina	Cuesta del Obispo
Argentina	Parque Provincial La Florida
Argentina	Parque Provincial Los Ñuñorcos y Reserva Natural Quebrada del Portugués

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1800 - 4800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Creamy-breasted Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/creamy-breasted-canastero-asthenes-dorbignyi on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.