On the high, cold plains, known in the Andes as puna, there are only two seasons: summer every day and winter every night. |
He published seminal papers on the ecology of the puna avifauna and on the breeding biology of several of its endemic species. |
Forests grow along the eastern border of the puna region southward to the colder Andean zones, covering many slopes in this part of the mountains. |
These valles, quebradas and puna are the three inhabited zones of the Andes. |
Haumea is said to have taken as her husband, puna, a chief of Oahu. |
We also saw guanacos, vicuñas, wild donkeys, nesting Andean Tagua coots, Pato puna ducks with vivid blue bills, and a dozen other bird species, but very little human traffic. |