Status of the globally threatened forest birds of northeast Brazil
| Autor: | Glauco Alves Pereira, Sidnei de Melo Dantas, Luís Fábio Silveira, Sônia Aline Roda, Ciro Albano, Frederico Acaz Sonntag, Sergio Leal, Mauricio Cabral Periquito, Gustavo Bernardino Malacco, Alexander Charles Lees |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Vol 54, Iss 14, Pp 177-194 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1807-0205 0031-1049 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.14 |
| Popis: | The Atlantic Forest of northeast Brazil hosts a unique biota which is among the most threatened in the Neotropics. Near-total conversion of forest habitat to sugar cane monocultures has left the region's endemic forest-dependent avifauna marooned in a few highly-fragmented and degraded forest remnants. Here we summarise the current status of 16 globally threatened species based on surveys conducted over the last 11 years. We found a bleak situation for most of these species and consider that three endemics: Glaucidium mooreorum (Pernambuco Pygmy-owl), Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti (Cryptic Treehunter) and Philydor novaesi (Alagoas Foliage-gleaner) are most likely globally extinct. Some positive news can, however, be reported for both Leptodon forbesi (White-collared Kite) and Synallaxis infuscata (Pinto's Spinetail) which may warrant re-evaluation of their respective red list statuses. We outline a road map to prioritise conservation interventions in the region directed at preventing the extinction of this suite of threatened bird species and their companion biota. |
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