Huaypun Explained

Huaypun
Elevation M:4200
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Language:Quechua
Location:Peru, Cusco Region, Calca Province
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-13.5483°N -71.7617°W

Huaypun (possibly from Quechua waypu a name applied for different species of Tinamidae, Nothoprocta pentlandii, Rhynchotus rufescens and Rhynchotus maculicollis,[2] [3] -n a suffix) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4200m (13,800feet) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Oropesa District.[1] Huaypun lies on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, southeast of Pachatusan and southwest of Tauja.

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Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)
  2. Martín R. de la Peña, Diccionario de nombres vulgares de las Aves de Argentina, Serie Naturaleza, Conservación y Sociedad, No. 1, 2011
  3. Juan Carlos Chebez, Alejandro Mouchard, Lucas Rodríguez, Ornitonimia popular y científica de las aves argentinas II.(Tinamiformes, Sphenisciformes y Podicipediformes), in Nótulas Faunísticas, Segunda Serie, 65, 2011, see p. 5: Rhynchotus maculicollis Gray, 1867 (guaipo, huaipo, guaypo, waypo (QU))