A NEW SUBSPECIES OF APOLINAR’S WREN (CISTOTHORUS APOLINARI, AVES: TROGLODYTIDAE), AN ENDANGERED COLOMBIAN ENDEMIC
<div>We describe Cistothorus apolinari hernandezi, subsp. nov. from wet páramo of the</div><div>Sumapaz massif south of Bogotá, Colombia. This form differs from the nominate of</div><div>the wetlands of the Cundinamarca-Boyacá Plateau in size, coloration, ecology, socia...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2002-06-01
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| Series: | Caldasia |
| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39440 |
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| Summary: | <div>We describe Cistothorus apolinari hernandezi, subsp. nov. from wet páramo of the</div><div>Sumapaz massif south of Bogotá, Colombia. This form differs from the nominate of</div><div>the wetlands of the Cundinamarca-Boyacá Plateau in size, coloration, ecology, social</div><div>structure and song and appears to be isolated from it by some 1000 m of elevation</div><div>and different habitat preferences. A second population apparently occurs some 300</div><div>km further northeast in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy in Dept. Boyacá but no data</div><div>exist for intervening páramos. As a species, C. apolinari is critically endangered</div><div>but the wetland and páramo populations face different threats and require different</div><div>conservation strategies; distinguishing the latter population formally helps call</div><div>attention to this situation.</div> |
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| ISSN: | 0366-5232 |