Vilcabamba thistletail
| Vilcabamba thistletail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Asthenes |
| Species: | A. vilcabambae |
| Binomial name | |
| Asthenes vilcabambae Vaurie, Weske & Terborgh, 1972 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Schizoeaca vilcabambae | |
The Vilcabamba thistletail (Asthenes vilcabambae) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to the Vilcabamba Mountains of Peru.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
The Ayacucho thistletail was at one time considered to be a subspecies of the Vilcabamba thistletail. A phylogenetic study published in 2015 that examined both DNA sequence data and vocalization recordings of members of the genus Asthenes found that the Ayacucho thistletail was more similar to the eye-ringed thistletail than it was to the Vilcabamba thistletail.[2] Based on this evidence the subspecies A. v. ayacuchensis was elevated to species rank.[3][4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Asthenes vilcabambae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Hosner, P.A.; Cueto-Aparicio, L.; Ferro-Meza, G.; Miranda; Robbins, M.B. (2015). "Vocal and molecular phylogenetic evidence for recognition of a thistletail species (Furnariidae: Asthenes) endemic to the elfin forests of Ayacucho, Peru". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 127 (4): 724–730. doi:10.1676/14-179.
- ↑ Hosner, P.A. (January 2016). "Proposal (697): Elevate Asthenes vilcabambae ayacuchensis to species rank". South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Uninion. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Ovenbirds & woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 7.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2017.