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Photo by Jamfaraco
Photo taken: Florian polis, SC, Brazil.

Anthus lutescens

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are three subspecies.¹

• A. l. parvus
  • Western Panama
• A. l. lutescens
  • Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, and Argentina
• A. l. peruvianus
  • Coastal northern Peru to extreme northern Chile

[edit] Habitat

Temperate grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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