Check List 14(3): 499-504, doi: 10.15560/14.3.499
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§‡ Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru§ Cornell University, Ithaca, United States of America
Corresponding author: Harold Rusbelth Quispe-Melgar ( rusbeltharold@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Galo Buitrón-Jurado © 2018 Harold Rusbelth Quispe-Melgar, Wendy Carolay Navarro Romo, Fressia Nathalie Ames-Martínez, Vladimir Fernando Camel Paucar, C. Steven Sevillano-Ríos. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Quispe-Melgar HR, Navarro Romo WC, Ames-Martínez FN, Camel Paucar VF, Sevillano-Ríos CS (2018) New distribution records of Anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933) (Aves, Tyrannidae), a highly specialized and endangered bird of Polylepis forests in Junín, Peru. Check List 14(3): 499-504. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.3.499 |  |
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.
Keywords
Andean birds; climate change; conservation; endangered species; High Andes; mountain ecosystems; source-sink habitats