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Puna Plover
Anarhynchus alticola (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902)
Charadriidae — Plovers
Puna Plover, Anarhynchus alticola, is a plover of the high Andes in South America, breeding from montane Peru and Bolivia to north-west Chile and north-west Argentina. It is a bird of the puna plateaus, usually on short grassland beside salt or freshwater lakes. Adults have a short, thick neck, with black bill and legs. Males show a white face, black markings on the forecrown and behind the eye, pale chestnut on the crown, hindneck and breast band, and dull brown upperparts with white underparts. Females are plainer, and juveniles are mostly brown above and white below.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae — Plovers
- Breeding range
- South America: montane c Peru and Bolivia to ne Chile and nw Argentina
