Title
New distribution records of anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933) (Aves, tyrannidae), a highly specialized and endangered bird of polylepis forests in Junín, Peru
Date Issued
04 May 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Centro de Referencia em Informacao Ambiental
Abstract
The Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant, Anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933) (Aves, Tyrannidae), is an endangered and highly specialized bird that inhabits the Polylepis forests (Rosaceae) of Peru and Bolivia. Here, we report 2 new localities in the department of Junín, central Peru, where it was detected in forests dominated by Polylepis canoi, P. rodolfo-vasquezii, and a third undescribed Polylepis species. We conclude that a residential population is the more likely possibility although the possibility of dispersal individuals should also be considered.
Start page
499
End page
504
Volume
14
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046802826
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Sponsor(s)
We thank the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica for funding Project No. 149-2015 FONDECYT-DE and the Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre, that through General Management Resolution No. 037-2017-SERFOR/DGGSPFFS approved our research outside of protected natural areas. We also thank Willy Maldonado for providing us with the photograph of A. alpinus bolivianus and the 3 anonymous reviewers that helped improve the manuscript with their comments and suggestions. Finally, our gratitude goes to Sharon-Rose Alonzo and Darin MacNeil for their help with the English revision.
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