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Photo by mikemik
Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador, Nov 2008
Vanellus resplendens

Identification

  • Grey head, neck
  • A blackish line separates the grey breas from the white belly
  • Black-tipped pink bill
  • Pink legs
  • Red eye-ring

Distribution

South America: occurs in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina

Photo by mikemik
Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador, November 2008

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Andean paramo (moors) and wetlands, pastures, riverbanks at about 3,800 meters

Behaviour

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.
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. BF member observations

External Links

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