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An unpublished major collection of birds from the Bolivian highlands
Author(s) -
FJELDSÅ JON,
KRABBE NIELS
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00458.x
Subject(s) - biology , taxon , zoology , ecology , archaeology , geography
A previously unpublished collection of birds from the Bolivian highlands, consisting of 5426 specimens of 351 taxa, was examined. The material, housed in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, includes the first records from Bolivia of Phyllomyias sclateri subtropicalis, Saltator aurantiirostris albociliaris, Sicalis citrina and At1apetes rufinucha melunolaemus , the first records from the department of La Páz of Synallaxis frontalis and Anthus hellmayri , and noteworthy altitudinal records for Plegadis chihi, Brotogeris versico1orus, Chloroceryle americana, Lepidacolaptes angustirostris, Synallaxis frontalis, Thamnophilus doliatus, T. ruficapillus, Conopophaga ardesiaca, Pachyramphus versicolor, Cnemotriccus fuscatus, Stigmatura budytoides, Mionectes macconnelli and Turdus albicol1is . Morphological and systematic remarks are given for a few species.