The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Rozzi, Ricardo, Quilodrán, Claudio S., Botero Delgadillo, Esteban, Napolitano, Constanza, Torres Mura, Juan C., Barroso, Omar, Crego, Ramiro D., Bravo, Camila, Ippi, Silvina Graciela, Quirici, Verónica, Mackenzie, Roy, Suazo, Cristián G., Rivero de Aguilar, Juan, Goffinet, Bernard, Kempenaers, Bart, Poulin, Elie, Vásquez, Rodrigo A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Aphrastura; Diego Ramírez Archipelago; Differ morphologically; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Drake Passage; Magallanes; Ricardo; Mura; Diego Ramírez Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/204393

We describe a new taxon of terrestrial bird of the genus Aphrastura (rayaditos) inhabiting the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, the southernmost point of the American continent. This archipelago is geographically isolated and lacks terrestrial mammalian predators as well as woody plants, providing a contr...