Puna Plover
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| Puna Plover | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Charadrius |
| Species: | C. alticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Charadrius alticola (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) |
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The Puna Plover (Charadrius alticola) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and saline marshes.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Charadrius alticola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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