Cordilleran Canastero

Asthenes modesta

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Furnariidae
Genus
Asthenes
eBird Code
corcan1

Vocalizations

Ezequiel Vera · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • Asthenes modesta australis

    Andes of Chile (Atacama to Colchagua) and adjacent Argentina south to Santa Cruz

  • Asthenes modesta cordobae

    central Argentina

  • Asthenes modesta hilereti

    Tucumán and Catamarca (northwestern Argentina)

  • Asthenes modesta modesta

    puna of southern Peru to western Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina

  • Asthenes modesta proxima

    central and southeastern Peru (Junín and Cusco)

  • Asthenes modesta rostrata

    Andes of northern Bolivia (Cochabamba)

  • Asthenes modesta serrana

    Cerro Famatina, in La Rioja (west-central Argentina)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.