The semi-arid upper Inambari valley forms a major biogeographic barrier in southernmost Peru. Situated in northern Puno department, this valley lies at the junction of the Bolivian and Peruvian lower yungas (EBA 054; also for map), the Peruvian East Andean foothills (EBA 053), and the Bolivian and Peruvian upper yungas (EBA 055). The Inambari valley is deep (creating a rainshadow effect), with the narrow floor and steep sides extensively farmed; where not cleared or too rocky, the slopes are covered with dense evergreen shrubs 2-3 m tall (Schulenberg and Binford 1985). The endemic Green-capped Tanager Tangara meyerdeschauenseei (classified as Vulnerable on the basis of its very small range) has been found here to be fairly common between 1,750 and 2,180 m in fruiting trees in small garden plots, semi-arid scrub and at the edge of cleared areas (Schulenberg and Binford 1985, Collar et al. 1994).

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BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Upper Inambari valley. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/322 on 22/11/2024.