Puna Plover
Anarhynchus alticola(Berlepsch, HHCL; Sztolcman, JS, 1902)
English (US) Puna Plover
The Puna Plover (Anarhynchus alticola) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: Andes of central Peru to northeastern Chile and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anarhynchus alticola
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Puna Plover
- Described by
- (Berlepsch, HHCL; Sztolcman, JS, 1902)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- AEgialitis alticola
- Described by
- (Berlepsch, HHCL; Sztolcman, JS, 1902)
- Type locality
- Ingapirca, Junin, Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, vol.2, pt.1 p.51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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