Ayacucho thistletail

The Ayacucho thistletail (Asthenes ayacuchensis) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to northern Ayacucho, Peru.

Ayacucho thistletail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Asthenes
Species:
A. ayacuchensis
Binomial name
Asthenes ayacuchensis
(Vaurie, Weske & Terborgh, 1972)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

This species was at one time considered to be a subspecies of the Vilcabamba thistletail (Asthenes vilcabambae). 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 was elevated to species rank.[3][4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Asthenes ayacuchensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T103673988A104295631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103673988A104295631.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Ovenbirds & woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 7.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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