The puna grassland ecoregion, of the montane grasslands and shrublands biome, is found in the central Andes Mountains of South America. It is considered...

The Central Andean dry puna (NT1001) is an ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome, located in the Andean Altiplano (high plateau) in...

Chile. Atacama Desert Altiplano Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex Salar de Atacama Salar de Arizaro Puna grassland Tren a las Nubes Salta–Antofagasta railway...

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus...

Puna grassland, a type of grassland in the central part of the high Andes Puna (mythology), a character in Polynesian mythology Maihueniopsis or Puna...

The Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is a species of large flamingo at a height of 110–130 cm (43–51 in) closely related to the American flamingo...

The southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is one of two species in the genus Patagona and the second largest hummingbird species, after its close...

The Puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) is a species of bird in the family Threskiornithidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural...

The black-hooded sierra finch (Phrygilus atriceps) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its...

The Puna teal (Spatula puna) is a species of dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. It was at one time regarded as a subspecies of the silver teal. The...

The greenish yellow finch (Sicalis olivascens) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the central Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile...

Olivio, et al. (2007). "Seasonal distribution, abundance, and nesting of Puna, Andean, and Chilean flamingos." Condor109(2): 276-287. Bucher, E. 1992....

is rufous. Its head is white with black streaks. The puna tinamou inhabits high-altitude grassland, and to a lesser extent, brushland at altitude 4,000 to...

puna grassland. In the puna is another subspecies of Darwin's nothura, Nothura darwinii agassizii, which prefers tussock grassland. Also in the puna is...

The Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt bird family, Recurvirostridae. It is resident in the Andes, breeding...

The rufous-bellied seedsnipe (Attagis gayi) is a bird in suborder Scolopaci of order Charadriiformes, the shorebirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia...

The stripe-faced wood quail (Odontophorus balliviani) is a species of New World quail. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The specific epithet of the stripe-faced...

The ringed warbling finch (Microspingus torquatus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its...

The white-bellied hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is...

biome includes high elevation (montane and alpine) grasslands and shrublands, including the puna and páramo in South America, subalpine heath in New...

D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca oenanthoides) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its...

The Chiguanco thrush (Turdus chiguanco) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Ecuador and the Altiplano. Its natural habitats are...

The mitred parakeet (Psittacara mitratus), also known as the mitred conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae...

The ochraceous-breasted flycatcher (Nephelomyias ochraceiventris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural...

The diademed sandpiper-plover or diademed plover (Phegornis mitchellii) is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Charadriinae of family Charadriidae...

corequenque) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in puna and páramo in the Andes, ranging from northern Ecuador, through Peru and...

The many-colored rush tyrant or many-coloured rush tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra) is a small passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher...

The dusky-green oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae (New World blackbirds). It is found on the eastern slope...

a variety of habitats including open forest, scrubland, farmland and grassland. It hunts over open country, mainly at night. Rodents make up most of...

Tschudi's tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Peru. Tschudi's tapaculo was previously...