Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Charadriidae > Charadrius > Charadrius alticolaCharadrius alticola (Puna Plover)Synonyms: Aegialitis alticola The puna plover (Charadrius alticola) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and saline marshes. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.10959 EDGE Score: 2.31348 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 45 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Water Surface [2] | 40 % |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bolsón de Pipanaco |
Argentina |
A3 |
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Cotahuasi |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Covire |
Peru |
A1, A3 |
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Lago de Junín |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lago Lagunillas |
Peru |
A1 |
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Lago Parinacochas |
Peru |
A1 |
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Lago Poopó y Río Laka Jahuira |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Laguna Maquera |
Peru |
A1 |
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Ramis y Arapa (Lago Titicaca, sector Peruano) |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Reserva Biológica Cordillera de Sama |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Nacional de Paracas |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Reserva Nacional Pampa Galeras |
Peru |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca |
Peru |
A1, A4i |
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Río Tambo y Lagunas de Mejía |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3, A4iii |
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Santuario Histórico Machu Picchu |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yungas Superiores de Apolobamba |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Johnsgard, PA 1981. The Plovers, Sandpipers, and Snipes of the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 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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