Check List 9(6): 1584-1587, doi: 10.15560/9.6.1584
Noteworthy records of the birds Neomorphus radiolosus Sclater and Salvin, 1878 (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), Geotrygon frenata (Tschudi, 1843) (Columbiformes: Columbidae) and Odontophorus hyperythrus Gould, 1858 (Galliformes: Odontophoridae) in the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes
expand article infoJesús Martínez-Gómez, Vladimir Rojas-Díaz, Carlos A. Saavedra-Rodríguez§, Padu Franco
‡ Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia Program, Colombia§ Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia Program Universidad del Valle, Colombia
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Abstract
We recorded the Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus), White-throated Quail-Dove (Geotrygon frenata) and Chestnut Wood-Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) in the Pacific Slope of the Western Andes of Colombia. Records of N. radiolosus extend its geographic distribution 130 km north of its known range. The species had probably not been recorded yet because of its rarity and the absence of studies. Records of G. frenata and O. hyperythrus extend their lower altitudinal limit into 430 m and 1140 m, respectively. Camera trapping appears as promising tool for recording data of the distribution of bird species.
Keywords
Aves; Columbiformes; Columbidae; Galliformes; Odontophorus; Andes; new records; camera trapping