PERUVIAN N & SW ANDES Biome Endemics and Near-Endemics List

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PERUVIAN N & SW ANDES Biome Endemics and Near-Endemics List 

 

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This list contains all species endemic to or difficult to find outside of, this ecoregion. They differ importantly from Endemic Bird Areas because the size of the area they cover is the whole ecoregion, whereas EBA are restricted to 50,000km2, they furthermore not only include all endemic species but also all other species which are difficult to observe outside the individual biomes (this naturally includes near-endemics and any other more widespread threatened or near-threatened species). This was quite deliberately done to provide ready made lists for birders of all scarce species they could expect to see in the region. 

 

  • does not include Maranon Valley or humid e slope Yungas
  • Altitude zones (m): 0-750 lowland, 750-1,250 foothill, 1,250-1,750 lower montane, 1,750-3,000 montane, 3,000+ elfin etc
  • For information on altitude and terminology and references used refer to About Biogeography and References Used By BSG
  • Black Tinamou DD Tinamus osgoodi 800-1,350 foothills & montane forests
  • Taczanowski's Tinamou VU Nothoprocta taczanowskii 2,775-4,315 humid & semi-humid montane scrub & open areas
  • Kalinowski's Tinamou* CR Nothoprocta Kalinowskii 3,000-4,575 arid montane scrub
  • Short-winged Grebe EN Rollandia microptera lake Titicaca & similar near lakes
  • Junin Grebe* CR Podiceps taczanowskii c.4,000 lake Junin
  • Bearded Guan Penelope barbata 1,500-3,000
  • Junin Rail* EN Laterallus tuerosi 4,080 Juncus marsh
  • Peruvian Pigeon VU Patagioenas oenops 700-2,300 tropical montane deciduous forest
  • Yellow-faced Parrotlet* VU Forpus xanthops 500-2,750 foothill tropical deciduous and arid forest
  • Black-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca melanotis 2,800-3,450 montane evergreen forest
  • Red-faced Parrot VU Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops 2,500-3,000 montane evergreen forest
  • Long-whiskered Owlet* EN Xenoglaux loweryi 1,900-2,350 elfin-ridge forest
  • Spot-throated Hummingbird* Leucippus taczanowskii 350-1,000 rarely to 2,900 arid scrub and dry tropical deciduous forest
  • White-tufted Sunbeam* Aglaeactis castelnaudii 2,500-4,300 montane scrub Polylepis & Escallonia woodland
  • Purple-backed Sunbeam* VU Aglaeactis aliciae 3,000-3,500 humid monane scrub
  • Black-breasted Hillstar* Oreotrochilus melanogaster 3,500-4,500 puna & rocky areas
  • Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris 1,500-3,500 montane evergreen forest
  • Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola 1,900-3,100 montane evergreen forest
  • Royal Sunangel* EN Heliangelus regalis 1,450-2,200 elfin-ridge forest
  • Bearded Mountaineer* Oreonympha nobilis 2,500-3,800 arid montane woodland & scrub
  • Fire-throated Metaltail* Metallura eupogon 3,000-3,700 elfin forest & scrub
  • Coppery Metaltail* Metallura theresiae 3,100-3,700 elfin forest, scrub & bog
  • Black Metaltail* Metallura phoebe 1,800-4,300 montane scrub
  • Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum 3,150-4,600 puna & paramo with Polylepis-Gynoxys woodland
  • Gray-bellied Comet* EN Taphrolesbia griseiventris 2,750-3,170 rarely lower, arid montane scrub
  • Marvelous Spatuletail* EN Loddigesia mirabilis 1,700-3,700 semi-humid/humid montane evergreen scrub & forest edge
  • Yellow-browed Toucanet* EN Aulacorhynchus huallagae 1,800-2,600 montane evergreen forest
  • Dark-winged Miner* Geositta saxicolina 4,000-5,000 puna
  • Thick-billed Miner* Geositta crassirostris 600-3,850 rocky coast and pampas
  • White-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia albigula 2,500-4,000 Pacific slope dry ravines with scrub
  • Striated Earthcreeper* Upucerthia serrana 2,800-4,200 Polylepis, montane scrub, grassland & rock
  • Royal Cinclodes CR Cinclodes aricomae 3,600--4,550 semi-humid scrub & forest, esp. Polylepis
  • White-bellied Cinclodes* VU Cinclodes palliatus 4,400-5,000 puna & mineral rich flows
  • Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail* Leptasthenura pileata 2,500-4,300 arid montane scrub & Polylepis
  • White-browed Tit-Spinetail* EN Leptasthenura xenothorax 3,700-4,550 semi-humid Polylepis forest
  • Russet-bellied Spinetail* EN Synallaxis zimmeri 1,800-2,900 arid montane scrub & woodland
  • Apurimac Spinetail* VU Synallaxis courseni 2,800-3,500 montane evergreen forest
  • Maranon Spinetail VU Synallaxis maranonica 500-1,100 gallery, riparian and secondary forest
  • Great Spinetail* VU Siptornopsis hypochondriacus 2,000-3,000 arid montane woodland arid & humid scrub
  • Creamy-crested Spinetail* Cranioleuca albicapilla 2,500-3,600 semi-humid, humid montane scrub & Polylepis
  • Eye-ringed Thistletail* Schizoeaca palpebralis 2,100-3,300 paramo with scrub
  • Vilcabamba Thistletail* Schizoeaca vilcabambae 2,500-3,500 paramo & elfin forest
  • Canyon Canastero* Asthenes pudibunda 2,500-3,700 Polylepis, thorny, arid, cactus & rocky montane scrub
  • Rusty-fronted Canastero* Asthenes ottonis 2,750-4000 arid montane scrub, Polylepis woodland & scrub
  • Cactus Canastero* Asthenes cactorum 50-2,400 large cacti areas
  • Junin Canastero* Asthenes virgata 3,300-4,300 rocky areas, puna, scrub & forest edge
  • Line-fronted Canastero NT Asthenes urubambensis 2,750-4,300 Polylepis, montane scrub, grassland & rock
  • Russet-mantled Softtail* EN Phacellodomus berlepschi 1,800-3,350 elfin forest
  • Chestnut-backed Thornbird* VU Phacellodomus dorsalis 2,000-3,400 arid montane-thorn scrub
  • Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi <1,500 dry-arid deciduous forest & scrub
  • Ash-throated Antwren* EN Herpsilochmus parkeri 1,450 montane evergreen forest
  • Jocotoco Antpitta Grallaria ridgelyi 2,300-2,650 e slope bamboo
  • Pale-billed Antpitta* Grallaria carrikeri 2,350-2,900 montane evergreen forest, bamboo
  • Rusty-tinged Antpitta* Grallaria przewalskii 2,200-2,750 montane evergreen forest edge, bamboo
  • Bay Antpitta* Grallaria capitalis 2,600-3,000 montane evergreen forest edge, bamboo
  • Red-and-white Antpitta* Grallaria erythroleuca 2,100-3000 montane forest se slopes
  • Chestnut Antpitta* NT Grallaria blakei 1,650-2,500 montane evergreen forest
  • Ochre-fronted Antpitta* EN Grallaricula ochraceifrons 1,890-1,980 humid stunted montane evergreen forest
  • Large-footed Tapaculo* Scytalopus macropus 2,400-3,500 montane & elfin evergreen forests
  • Rufous-vented Tapaculo* Scytalopus femoralis 1,000-2,050 humid montane forest
  • Bay-vented Cotinga* Doliornis sclateri 2,500-3,450 Escallonia & Weinmannia elfin forest
  • White-cheeked Cotinga* VU Zaratornis stresemanni 3,250-4,250 Polylepis
  • Inca Flycatcher* Leptopogon taczanowskii 1,350-2,650 montane evergreen forest
  • Peruvian Tyrannulet* Zimmerius viridiflavus 1,000-2,500 montane evergreen forest
  • Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant* Anairetes agraphia 2,600-3,600 elfin forest, bamboo
  • Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant EN Anairetes alpinus 3,600-4,600 semi-humid Polylepis
  • Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant NT Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus 1,600-2,200 montane evergreen forest, esp. elfin-ridge
  • Orange-banded Flycatcher NT Myiophobus lintoni 2,250-2,800 montane evergreen forest
  • Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus 1,900-2,900 montane evergreen forest
  • Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus <1,500 dry tropical deciduous & gallery forest, arid scrub
  • Bar-winged Wood-Wren* NT Henicorhina leucoptera 1,350-2,450 elfin-ridge forest
  • Maranon Thrush* Turdus maranonicus 200-2,100 dry tropical deciduous & gallery forest, arid scrub
  • Tamarugo Conebill Conirostrum tamarugense 3,400-4050 Western relictual forests and other high altitude forests
  • Parodi's Hemispingus* Hemispingus parodii 2,750-3,500 elfin forest & Chusquea bamboo
  • Rufous-browed Hemispingus* VU Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris 2,550-3,500 elfin forest & Chusquea bamboo
  • Brown-flanked Tanager* Thlypopsis pectoralis 1,800-3,200 semi-humid/humid montane scrub
  • Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager* VU Buthraupis aureodorsalis 3,000-3,600 elfin ridge forest
  • Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii 2,500-3,600 elfin forest, bamboo
  • Yellow-scarfed Tanager* Iridosornis reinhardti 2,000-3,500 montane evergreen & elfin forest
  • Pardusco* Nephelornis oneilli 3,000-3,800 humid elfin forest
  • Great Inca-Finch* Incaspiza pulchra 1,000-2,750 arid montane & cactus scrub
  • Rufous-backed Inca-Finch* Incaspiza personata 1,800-4,000 arid montane & cactus scrub
  • Gray-winged Inca-Finch* VU Incaspiza ortizi 1,800-2,300 arid montane scrub
  • Buff-bridled Inca-Finch* Incaspiza laeta 1,500-2,750 arid montane scrub, dry tropical deciduous forest
  • Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch* EN Poospiza alticola 2,900-4,300 arid-humid montane scrub, Polylepis
  • Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch* EN Poospiza rubecula 2,350-3,700 semi-humid humid-montane scrub, Polylepis
  • Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch* Poospiza caesar 2,600-3,900 semi-humid humid-montane scrub & woodland, cactus
  • Drab Seedeater Sporophila simplex to 1,500 scrub
  • Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch* Atlapetes nationi 2,000-4,000 arid-humid montane scrub, Polylepis
  • Rufous-eared Brush-Finch* Atlapetes rufigenis 3,000-4,300 arid montane scrub, cactus


* Peruvian endemic 

EBAs EBA046 EBA047 EBA049 EBA050 EBA051 EBA052 

Reference 
Avibase www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp

BirdLife International (2005) Data Zone. www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html 

Author: BSG

 

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