We present an inventory, followed by a consolidated list, for the avifauna of Estação Ecológica da Serra das Araras (EESA), state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. In our expeditions, we identified 287 species, 82% of them documented. Of these, 28 species are new records for EESA. Six are threatened, such as Lophornis gouldii (Lesson, 1832). Other noteworthy records include the first documentation of Oxyruncus cristatus Swainson, 1821, for Mato Grosso. The consolidated list includes 458 species, of which 255 were assigned to the primary list and 203 to the secondary list. The significant number of species compiled herein places EESA among the most species-rich protected areas of Brazil, especially in regard to areas not predominantly covered by forest. In terms of species composition, this is a community typical of an ecotone environment, featuring many species characteristic of the Cerrado and the Amazon and some of the Pantanal wetland.
The Estação Ecológica de Taiamã (EET) is one of the Ramsar sites in the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil. We present an annotated list of bird species recorded between 2015 and 2018, along with a compilation of existing data for this area. In our sampling, 207 species were recorded, with 76% documented. We have the first record of Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) for the Pantanal and Central region of Brazil. Another 30 species are new records for EET, such as the migrant Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758. The general list comprises 24 orders, 60 families, and 278 species, of which 160 were assigned to the primary list and 118 to the secondary list. This study will aid in the conservation of biodiversity in the Pantanal. The EET and its buffer zone are important for maintaining biodiversity and expanding its boundaries may further promote the conservation of birds in Brazilian wetlands.
A Área Úmida Pantanal mato-grossense apresenta uma complexidade geomorfológica, hidrológica e biológica, que resulta na sua heterogeneidade ambiental. O conhecimento dos macrohabitats encontrados em áreas protegidas do Pantanal pode dar suporte considerável na tomada de decisão para a sua conservação. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e caracterizar unidades funcionais, subclasses e macrohabitats da Estação Ecológica de Taiamã (EET), para contribuir com a gestão e as estratégias de manejo desta Unidade de Conservação (UC). A identificação dos macrohabitats no campo foi realizada entre os anos 2015 e 2016. Com o uso de uma cena Landsat 8, os dados foram processados por meio de classificação supervisionada. As unidades funcionais encontradas foram Áreas Permanentemente Aquáticas, Áreas de Transição Aquática e Terrestre com predominância Terrestre e Áreas Pantanosas. Seis subclasses e seis macrohabitats foram identificados. Os macrohabitats mais representativos foram Campo Flutuante (Batumes), correspondendo a 48%, seguido de Campo Inundado, com 23%, e de Floresta Monoespecífica de Erythrina fusca Lour. (Abobral), com 16%. Os macrohabitats registrados na EET reproduzem o mosaico paisagístico do Pantanal, cujas funções ecológicas precisam ser protegidas por uma legislação específica, que supra as lacunas referentes à preservação das áreas úmidas brasileiras.
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