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Provedor de dados: 	103	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Bird diversity in the Serra do Aracá region, northwestern Brazilian Amazon: preliminary check-list with considerations on biogeography and conservation	
Autores: 	Borges,Sérgio Henrique; Whittaker,Andrew; Almeida,Ricardo Afonso Machado de.	
Data: 	2014-08-01	
Ano: 	2014	
Palavras-chave: 	Amazon biodiversity; Amazonas; Rio Branco; Rio Negro; Tepuis; White sand campinas.	
Resumo: 	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 of endemism for Amazonian birds (Imeri, Guiana and Pantepui) were recorded in the region. Rare landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon are found in the Serra do Aracá region. Additionally, we recorded endemic and rare birds, highlighting the value of the region for conservation. The Serra do Aracá State Park officially protects montane forests, terra firme forests and tepuis. We suggest that the large extension of white sand campinas and igapó forests at the southern portion of Serra do Aracá should be also preserved in order to improve the representation of the rich natural heritage of the region.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702014000400006	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1984-46702014000400006	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.31 n.4 2014	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess