Puna tapaculo
Appearance
Puna tapaculo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
Genus: | Scytalopus |
Species: | S. simonsi
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Binomial name | |
Scytalopus simonsi Chubb, 1917
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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.
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.
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(help) - ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 1172. ISBN 9781472905741.