Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Charadriidae > Vanellus > Vanellus resplendensVanellus resplendens (Andean Lapwing)Synonyms: Charadrius resplendens The Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, and pastureland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.94769 EDGE Score: 2.39313 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 213 grams |  | | Clutch Size [2] | 4 |
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Species |
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Central Andean dry puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Andean puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Andean wet puna |
Peru, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Cordillera Central páramo |
Ecuador, Peru |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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High Monte |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Andean páramo |
Ecuador, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean steppe |
Argentina, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Andean Yungas |
Bolivia, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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