Check List 11(6): e19397, doi: 10.15560/11.6.1795
Long-distance dispersal of a sedentary Andean flycatcher species with a small geographic range, Ochthoeca piurae (Aves: Tyrannidae)
expand article infoMatthew J. Baumann‡, Elizabeth J. Beckman‡, Emil Bautista§, Christopher C. Witt‡
‡ Museum of Southwestern Biology and Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, United States of America§ Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI), Peru

Corresponding author: Christopher Witt ( cwitt@unm.edu )

© 2017 Matthew Baumann, Elizabeth Beckman, Emil Bautista, Christopher Witt.
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Citation: Witt C, Baumann M, Bautista E, Beckman E (2015) Long-distance dispersal of a sedentary Andean flycatcher species with a small geographic range, Ochthoeca piurae (Aves: Tyrannidae). Check List 11(6): 1795. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1795
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Abstract
We report a Piura Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca piurae) ~300 km south of its known range. This record was unanticipated because the species is sedentary and restricted to a narrow eco-climatic zone in valleys of the dry western Andes of northwestern Peru. Southward dispersal would require crossing broad areas of unsuitable habitat. Riparian zones of the western Andes have been heavily impacted by humans over millennia. This observation suggests that native songbirds may be able to expand their distributions along the flanks of the Andes if woody vegetation is protected or restored.
Keywords
deforestation; Lima; songbirds; Peru; dispersal; endemic; Andes