In 1996, an expedition of personnel from the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science and the Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos made a trail from the east bank of the upper Río Cushabatay, departamento Ucayali, Peru, northeast to the top of a 1,538-m peak at 7°05′S, 75°39′W. The peak supports cloud forest from 1,200 m to the summit, and this “island” of habitat may be among the most isolated areas of cloud forest in South America. Among the depauperate cloud-forest avifauna we discovered a striking new species of Capito barbet, which apparently is the only member of the genus restricted to this habitat.
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1 July 2000
A STRIKING NEW SPECIES OF BARBET (CAPITONINAE: CAPITO) FROM THE EASTERN ANDES OF PERU
John P. O'Neill,
Daniel F. Lane,
Andrew W. Kratter,
Angelo P. Capparella,
Cecilia Fox Joo
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The Auk
Vol. 117 • No. 3
July 2000
Vol. 117 • No. 3
July 2000