ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC-VARIATION OF ATLAPETES-RUFINUCHA (AVES, EMBERIZINAE), INCLUDING A DISTINCTIVE NEW SUBSPECIES, IN SOUTHERN PERU AND BOLIVIA

Authors
REMSEN JV
Citation
Jv. Remsen, ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC-VARIATION OF ATLAPETES-RUFINUCHA (AVES, EMBERIZINAE), INCLUDING A DISTINCTIVE NEW SUBSPECIES, IN SOUTHERN PERU AND BOLIVIA, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 106(3), 1993, pp. 429-435
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
106
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
429 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1993)106:3<429:ZAGOA(>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A distinctive new subspecies, Atlapetes rufinucha terborghi (Emberizin ae), is described from the isolated Cordillera Vilcabamba, a spur rang e of the Andes in Dpto. Cuzco, Peru. This population is isolated from the nearest populations of A. rufinucha by more than 200 km, and inter vening areas with suitable habitat are inhabited by another species, A . schistaceus. The new taxon is greener breasted than any other subspe cies of A. rufinucha. The four subspecies found in southern Peru and B olivia represent four discrete phenotypes with respect to plumage. Geo graphic variation in size in the southern Andes does not support Bergm ann's Rule.