Cactus Canastero

Cactus Canastero / Pseudasthenes cactorum

Cactus Canastero

Here the details of the Cactus Canastero named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pseudasthenes cactorum
Protonym:  Asthenes cactorum Beitr.Neotrop.Fauna 1 p.243-248
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  caccan1
Type Locality:  
Author:  
Publish Year:  1959
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DEFINITIONS

PSEUDASTHENES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Patagonian Canastero P. patagonica) Gr. ψευδος pseudos  false; genus Asthenes Reichenbach, 1853, canastero; "Pseudasthenes, genus nov.  Type species. Synallaxis patagonica d'Orbigny, 1839.  ...  Etymology. The generic name, from the Greek pseudo (false) and asthenes (insignificant, strengthless), denotes the outward resemblance of species of this genus to species of Asthenes but highlights the fact that they are not closely related. The name is feminine in gender" (Derryberry et al. 2010).

cactorum
Mod. L. cactorum   cactus-, of the cacti  < Botanical genus Cactus  Linnaeus, 1753, cactus  < L. cactus  prickly plant  < Gr. κακτος kaktos  spiny plant, identification uncertain.

SUBSPECIES

Cactus Canastero (cactorum)
SCI Name: Pseudasthenes cactorum cactorum
cactorum
Mod. L. cactorum   cactus-, of the cacti  < Botanical genus Cactus  Linnaeus, 1753, cactus  < L. cactus  prickly plant  < Gr. κακτος kaktos  spiny plant, identification uncertain.

Cactus Canastero (lachayensis)
SCI Name: Pseudasthenes cactorum lachayensis
lachayensis
Lomas de Lachay, Huaral, Peru.