First record of Dot-winged Crake, Porzana spiloptera, Durnford, 1877 (Rallidae) for the central Andes in Argentina

CUERVO, PABLO F.; ZARCO, AGUSTÍN; LLAMBÍAS, PAULO E.

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Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental

Año: 2017 vol. 13 p. 21 - 23

The Dot-winged Crake (Porzana spiloptera) has a patchy distribution in southern South America and has previously been considered as inhabiting exclusively lowland wetlands. Here we present evidence of a new population inhabiting a high-elevation site in the Central Andes of Argentina. This record suggests not only a broader distribution but greater tolerance of the species to higher elevation and lower temperatures than has previously been assumed.