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  • Podiceps taczanowskii is found in open freshwater lakes and ponds with submerged vegetation; Cinclodes palliatus has very specific habitat requirements such as mineral-rich bogs, rocky outcrops and slopes below glaciers; and Laterallus tuerosi inhabits Juncus zone fringing marshes.

    Central Andean wet puna 2007

  • His record should be of _J.p. palliatus_ as indicated by Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • Burleigh and Lowery (1942: 208-209) noted _J.p. palliatus_ as a common bird of the mountain slopes above an elevation of about 7000 feet in southeastern Coahuila, and obtained specimens at Diamante Pass.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • There is a third species of monkey (Mycetes palliatus), called by the natives the congo, which occasionally is heard howling in the forest; but they are not often seen, as they generally remain quiet amongst the upper branches of particular trees.

    The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

  • (Mycetes palliatus) which at times, especially before rain and at nightfall, make a fearful howling, though not so loud as the

    The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

  • I saw two birds, of the starling species, the red-bellied Picho (_Sturnella militaris_, Viell.), and the glossy-black Chivillo (_Cassicus palliatus_, Tsch.), which are kept in cages on account of their very melodious song.

    Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

  • In this case, an adult Haematopus palliatus (American oystercatcher) got its beak stuck in a

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Palliate derives from Late Latin palliatus, past participle of Other Delivery Options:

    Dictionary.com Word of the Day 2009

  • These birds include the Junin grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii), Junin rail (Laterallus tuerosi), black-breated-hillstar (Oreotrochilus melanogaster), dark-winged miner (Geositta saxicolina), white-bellied cinclodes (Cinclodes palliatus), and Junin canastero (Asthenes virgata).

    Central Andean wet puna 2007

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