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Provedor de dados: | Biota Neotropica
País: | Brazil
Título: | Mammalian and avian diversity of the Rewa Head, Rupununi, Southern Guyana
Autores: | Pickles,Robert Stuart Alexander; McCann,Niall Patrick; Holland,Ashley Peregrine.
Data: | 2011-09-01
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Guiana Shield; Biodiversity conservation; Endemic and threatened birds; Endangered species of mammal; Rewa River; Rupununi.
Resumo: | We report the results of a short expedition to the remote headwaters of the River Rewa, a tributary of the River Essequibo in the Rupununi, Southern Guyana. We used a combination of camera trapping, mist netting and spot count surveys to document the mammalian and avian diversity found in the region. We recorded a total of 33 mammal species including all 8 of Guyana's monkey species as well as threatened species such as lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and bush dog (Speothos venaticus). We recorded a minimum population size of 35 giant otters in five packs along the 95 km of river surveyed. In total we observed 193 bird species from 47 families. With the inclusion of Smithsonian Institution data from 2006, the bird species list for the Rewa Head rises to 250 from 54 families. These include 10 Guiana Shield endemics and two species recorded as rare throughout their ranges: the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) and crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis).
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032011000300021
Editor: | Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP
Relação: | 10.1590/S1676-06032011000300021
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biota Neotropica  v.11 n.3 2011
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess