Puna tapaculo
The puna tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in the eastern Puna grassland of Bolivia and Peru.
| Puna tapaculo | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
| Genus: | Scytalopus |
| Species: | S. simonsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Scytalopus simonsi Chubb, 1917 | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It was named for American scientific collector Perry O. Simons.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Scytalopus simonsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 1172. ISBN 9781472905741.
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