Topic
Paramo pipit
About: Paramo pipit is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4 publications have been published within this topic receiving 37 citations. The topic is also known as: Anthus bogotensis.
Papers
TL;DR: The species limits of Neotropical pipits Anthus are revised based on sequence data of mitochondrial (ND2) and nuclear genes from 39 tissue samples of all 22 subspecies-level taxa in the New World Anthus clade, as well as analysis of display song.
Abstract: Previous investigations of the systematics of Neotropical pipits Anthus revealed multiple cases of paraphyly. We revise the species limits of this group based on sequence data of mitochondrial (ND2) and nuclear genes (ACOI9, MB, FGB5) from 39 tissue samples of all 22 subspecies-level taxa in the New World Anthus clade, as well as analysis of display song. We found that Anthus lutescens peruvianus is not part of Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens genetically or vocally; thus, we elevate peruvianus to species rank (Peruvian Pipit). Anthus lutescens abariensis Chubb (1921a) should be placed in synonymy with A. l. parvus (instead of A. l. lutescens), at least until further morphological or vocal data becomes available. Paramo Pipit A. bogotensis is likewise paraphyletic, with meridae sister to all other bogotensis subspecies and also to Hellmayr's Pipit A. hellmayri. However, placement of the taxon is based on a relatively short stretch of mitochondrial DNA, and further data are needed. Andean populations of Short-billed Pipit A. furcatus are split as Puna Pipit A. brevirostris, based on genetic and vocal data. South Georgia Pipit A. antarcticus is, at least genetically, part of Correndera Pipit A. correndera, and we recommend considering it a subspecies of Correndera Pipit, in line with the taxonomy of other morphologically distinct but genetically little-differentiated insular bird taxa.
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23 citations
1 Jan 2000
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of fire on the species richness and abundance of birds in paramo habitat at the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve and Lake Mojanda region, Imbabura, Ecuador were studied.
Abstract: We studied the effects of fire on the species richness and abundance of birds in paramo habitat at the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve and Lake Mojanda region, Imbabura, Ecuador. We conducted monthly point counts over a 1-year period starting December 1996 in three areas that had been burned at different amounts of time prior to the start of the study: a) 2-months, b) 3-years, and c) 8-years. We identi- fied 40 species of birds and found the greatest number of species in the 3-year and 8-year-old burns. The Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae), and Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) were found only on the 8-year burn area. Relative abundance increased with time after a burn for half of the species found in all three habitat types. Only one species, the Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogeten- sis), decreased in abundance with increasing time after a fire. The remaining species did not differ in abun- dance in any of the fire treatments. Although fire generally decreases species richness and abundance for paramo bird species, species richness on a regional scale may benefit from a mosaic habitat pattern that includes fire disturbance. Accepted 13 August 1999.
20 citations
1 Jan 2010
TL;DR: This paper identified the Red-throated Pipit A. cervinus as a North American vagrant from the high-water mark between the flotsam in the highlands of Ecuador.
Abstract: On 28 March 2008 we visited the coast north of the village of Rio Verde, prov. Esmeraldas, Ecuador (01°04’34”N 79°24’48”W) to search for roosting Lesser Nighthawks Chordeiles acutipennis. Having flushed two at c.10h00, our attention was drawn to a small terrestrial passerine that we immediately recognised as a pipit Anthus sp., which was foraging at the high-water mark between the flotsam. The bird was alert and proved very shy when we tried to approach. It flushed several times, giving a loud pssssssii call. After a short flight the bird usually landed again c.50 m away and started foraging again. Twice it landed atop a small bush and perched for a few minutes. Eventually, we were able to take some digital photographs from c.10 m (Figs. 1–2; cf. Dutch Birding 30: 267). We were unable to identify the species in the field. Ridgely & Greenfield describes one species of Anthus in Ecuador: Paramo Pipit A. bogotensis, which is typically found in the highlands, usually above 3,000 m. Therefore, we assumed that we had found a North American vagrant. Photographs were posted at www.surfbirds.com and with the help of American and European ornithologists we identified the bird as a Red-throated Pipit A. cervinus. Here we present full documentation of this record, including photographs, and discuss the species’ distribution and patterns of vagrancy.
6 citations
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| 2020 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |