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 language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 499-504 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Check List |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Indexed - 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