This species is found from the highlands of central Peru south to Bolivia, extreme northern Chile and north-west Argentina; it is also a non-breeding visitor to the Peruvian coast (del Hoyo et al. 1992).
Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012.
Plegadis ridgwayi. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <
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