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Borges,Sérgio Henrique; Whittaker,Andrew; Almeida,Ricardo Afonso Machado de. |
We inventoried the birds from Serra do Aracá region, state of Amazonas. The region encompasses a high diversity of vegetation types, including white sand forests and campinas, terra firme and flooded forests, montane forests and tepuis. We recorded 416 bird taxa in 69 families through captures with mist nets, tape recording of bird voices, and collection of voucher specimens. A large proportion of them (61%) were recorded in a single vegetation type. Qualitative estimates suggest that approximately 580 bird species occur in the region. The avifauna of the Aracá region has a mixed biogeographic composition, with species typical of both margins of the Rio Negro occurring sympatrically. Additionally, species whose distributions are restricted to three areas... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amazon biodiversity; Amazonas; Rio Branco; Rio Negro; Tepuis; White sand campinas. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702014000400006 |
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