New distribution records of anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933) (Aves, tyrannidae), a highly specialized and endangered bird of polylepis forests in Junín, Peru

Harold Rusbelth Quispe-Melgar, Wendy Carolay Navarro Romo, Fressia Nathalie Ames-Martínez, Vladimir Fernando Camel Paucar, C. Steven Sevillano-Ríos

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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.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)499-504
Number of pages6
JournalCheck List
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
StateIndexed - 4 May 2018

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
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.

Publisher Copyright:
© Quispe-Melgar et al.

Keywords

  • Andean birds
  • Climate change
  • Conservation
  • Endangered species
  • High Andes
  • Mountain ecosystems
  • Source-sink habitats

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