An annotated list of the birds of Cerro UrutaniМЃ on the border of Estado BoliМЃvar, Venezuela, and Territorio Roraima, Brazil

Title Variants

Alternative: Birds of Cerro UrutaniМЃ

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2732

By

Dickerman, Robert William, 1926-

Phelps, William H., Jr., 1902-1988

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1982

Notes

Title from caption.

"June 8, 1982."

"The avifauna of the subtropicakl forests on the summit of Cerro UrutaniМЃ, a previously uncollected isolated tableland or 'tepui' of 1280 m. elevation on the Venezuelan-Brazilian border, is reported. A total of 82 species was collected in March and April 1977 during a fieldtrip sponsored by the ColeccioМЃn OrnitoloМЃgica Phelps of Caracas, Venezuela, and joined by the American Museum of Natural History. Cerro UrutaniМЃ is near the middle of the east-west trending Sierra Pacaraima. This collection permitted the first analysis of the role of the Sierra Pacaraima as an avenue of dispersal between the tepuis of the Gran Sabana on the east and the more isolated tepuis of Territorio Amazonas on the western side of the region. Geographic variation is analyzed for several Pantepui species (as defined by Mayr and Phelps, 1967) with several populations needing further study noted. Forty-four (51%) of the 82 species collected represent Pantepui species, although Cerro UrutaniМЃ is a relatively low tepui"--P. [1].

Subjects

Birds , BoliМЃvar (State) , Brazil , Roraima , Venezuela

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2732, 1982

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 8524357