Rediscovery and subsequent observations of Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus kaempferi in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with notes on conservation, life history and plumage

Previously known from two specimens, Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus kaempferi is a globally threatened species endemic to the southern Brazil Atlantic Forest. The first field observations of this little-known taxon were made in the 1990s and our data therefore provide the first published information on its natural history, including breeding biology, behaviour and vocalizations, as well as a new locality. As very little information has appeared in the literature concerning the identification of this species, we present notes on its plumage and habits. Remarks concerning the species's conservation prospects and the importance of the remaining forest in the vicinity of the type-locality for other threatened bird species are made.

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Bird conservation on Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil

Bird Conservation International ◽

10.1017/s0959270902002083 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 123-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Luciano N. Naka ◽

Marcos Rodrigues ◽

Andrei L. Roos ◽

Marcos A. G. Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Threatened Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Bird Species ◽

Bird Conservation ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Habitat Specificity ◽

Number Of Species ◽

The Government

The island of Santa Catarina lies in the Atlantic Forest Domain of southern Brazil, one of the most threatened ecosys tems on the planet. It holds a wide variety of habitats, ranging from sand dune ‘restingas’ to mature rain forest. We report, for the first time, a survey of the bird species and their conservation status for the different habitats present on the island. We recorded 269 bird species of 54 families (25 species were seabirds). More than 50% (140) of the total number of species were residents or probable residents, 20% (58) were visitors and a relatively high number of species (61, 23%) had indeterminate residential status. Nearly 15% (35 species) of the 244 landbird species observed were endemic to the Atlantic Forest. Habitat specificity was recorded for 40% (97 species). We recorded one Endangered (Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius), one Vulnerable (White-necked Hawk Leucopternis lacernulata), and three Near-threatened species (Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus, Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera, Black-backed Tanager Tangara peruviana). We also recorded six locally threatened species that we predict will become extinct in the near future. The future for the birds of the island is uncertain, especially for habitat specialists, due to habitat loss for resort developments, and a lack of concern by the government and local people.

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Southernmost records of Pachyramphus marginatus (Passeriformes: Tityridae) and first observation for Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil

Biotemas ◽

10.5007/2175-7925.2021.e80059 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Fernando Bittencourt de Farias ◽

Guilherme Willrich ◽

Guilherme Renzo Rocha Brito

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Adult Male ◽

Protected Area ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

The Creation ◽

Northeastern Coast ◽

Santa Catarina State ◽

Geographically Isolated

The Black-capped Becard (Pachyramphus marginatus) has two geographically isolated subspecies, including the Atlantic Forest subspecies that is distributed from Pernambuco State to Paraná State. Here we report the first observation of the species in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. On 12 November 2019 an adult male of P. marginatus was observed in the municipality of São Francisco do Sul, on the northeastern coast of Santa Catarina, during an inventory for the creation of a protected area. The species was also observed on three other occasions in the same locality. These are the first known records for Santa Catarina and extend the known distribution range of this species 40 km southward. We also discuss some explanations for the records.

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The importance of riparian forest for the maintenance of bird species richness in an Atlantic Forest remnant, southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia ◽

10.1590/s0101-81752007000400027 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 1078-1086 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Luiz dos Anjos ◽

Graziele H. Volpato ◽

Edson V. Lopes ◽

Patrícia P. Serafini ◽

Fabíola Poletto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Riparian Forest ◽

Bird Species ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Forest Types ◽

Forest Reserve ◽

Bird Species Richness ◽

Upland Forest ◽

Point Counts ◽

Forest Remnant

We compared the composition and guild structure of bird communities of riparian and upland forest in an Atlantic forest reserve, the Godoy State Park (GP), in northern Paraná State, southern Brazil. Unlimited distance point counts were sampled monthly from September-December 2001, along four trails. Two trails in upland forest (TA and TB) were parallel to each other and about 300 m apart. Two trails in riparian forest (TC and TD) were along the Apertados River, about 100 m away from the river. A total of 145 species were recorded: 81 species were recorded in both upland and riparian forests, 19 species were recorded only in upland forest and 45 species were recorded exclusively in riparian forest. Among the 81 species occurring in both forest types, 18 species had significantly higher numbers of contacts in the riparian forest while only 8 species had significantly higher numbers of contacts in the upland forest. Taking into account the contacts numbers of the species the large frugivores guild was closely associated to the upland forest, while bamboo and vine-tangles insectivore, canopy insectivores, edge omnivores, ground omnivore and midstory insectivores were those more closely related to the riparian forest.

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Life history and ecology might explain incongruent population structure in two co-distributed montane bird species of the Atlantic Forest

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ◽

10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106925 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 153 ◽

pp. 106925

Author(s):

Tiago da Silva Ribeiro ◽

Henrique Batalha-Filho ◽

Luis Fábio Silveira ◽

Cristina Yumi Miyaki ◽

Marcos Maldonado-Coelho

Keyword(s):

Population Structure ◽

Life History ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Bird Species

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Rediscovery of Senecio reitzianus (Asteraceae), a species believed to be possibly extinct, on Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.291.3.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 291 (3) ◽

pp. 183

Author(s):

LUÍS ADRIANO FUNEZ ◽

GUSTAVO HASSEMER ◽

JOÃO PAULO RAMOS FERREIRA

Keyword(s):

Sand Dunes ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Field Work ◽

Detailed Account ◽

Type Locality ◽

Similar Species ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Species Extinction ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Data Deficient

Senecio reitzianus was described from sand dunes in Lagoa da Conceição (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil). The species remained to be known only from the type. Almost seventy years later, we discovered a population of this species in Costão do Santinho, about 20 km from the type locality. A detailed account of this population is provided and its conservation status is assessed. We also present photographs of this species from the wild and also of the holotype, as well as a new description and comparisons with similar species in the genus. Our results reinforce the urgent need of further field work, especially on data-deficient species, in order to have a chance to prevent the species extinction.

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Six new species of silk-lined burrow spider genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4254.4.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4254 (4) ◽

pp. 435 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

RAFAEL P. INDICATTI ◽

JOÃO L. CHAVARI ◽

MAURÍLIO ZUCATELLI-JÚNIOR ◽

SYLVIA M. LUCAS ◽

ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

New Records ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

New Diagnosis ◽

Santa Catarina State

A new diagnosis for the genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 is presented and six new species are described from Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil: S. pavesii sp. nov. and S. leticiae sp. nov. from Blumenau and Balneário Camboriú; S. sevegnaniae sp. nov. from Blumenau; S. gugai sp. nov., S. peri sp. nov. and S. pescador sp. nov. from Santa Catarina Island, Florianópolis. New records of S. palmar Goloboff, 1995 from southern Brazil are provided. Information on the natural history and habitat are included for all the species. In addition, Hermacha iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923, described from Blumenau, is transferred to Rachias Simon, 1892.

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Redescription of the advertisement call of Brachycephalus tridactylus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)

Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology ◽

10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i1p3-12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 3-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marcos R. Bornschein ◽

Mario M. Rollo Jr. ◽

Marcio R. Pie ◽

André E. Confetti ◽

Luiz F. Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Comparative Studies ◽

Average Length ◽

Original Description ◽

Type Locality ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Ecological Data ◽

Advertisement Calls ◽

Made In

Redescription of the advertisement call of Brachycephalus tridactylus (Anura: Brachycephalidae). Miniaturized frogs of the genus Brachycephalus have restricted geographical distributions throughout the Atlantic Forest. Ecological data for most species are scarce and advertisement calls have been described for only 12 of the 36 known species, including B. tridactylus. The considerable duration of note length of the advertisement call of B. tridactylus has been mentioned in comparative studies of vocalizations in Brachycephalus. The single original recording of B. tridactylus, together with recordings made in March 2016 at the type locality, were analyzed to document any variation and redescribe the advertisement call of the species. In the recent recordings of B. tridactylus, the average length of the call is 50.8 s and the call is composed of 10–13 notes emitted at a note rate of 3.7–8.3 notes per min. The notes are isolated and composed of 1–3 pulses, with the note duration varying from 0.002–0.021 s. These values are not consistent with the original description of the call of B. tridactylus. The note duration is 89% shorter and the original description does not include notes with 1–3 pulses. The notes of B. tridactylus have few pulses, whereas those of B. ephippium have several. The advertisement call of B. tridactylus differs from that of B. albolineatus and B. mirissimus by having only isolated notes.

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A new heligmonellid (Nematoda) species of the genus Stilestrongylus in Euryoryzomys russatus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x18000251 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 93 (3) ◽

pp. 352-355 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R.G. Boullosa ◽

R.O. Simões ◽

B.E. Andrade-Silva ◽

R. Gentile ◽

A. Maldonado

Keyword(s):

Small Intestine ◽

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Body Length ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Spicule Length ◽

A New Species ◽

Caudal Bursa

AbstractA new species of Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae), Stilestrongylus rolandoi n. sp., is described from specimens collected from the small intestine of the rodent Euryoryzomys russatus in the Atlantic Forest (Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil). The genus Stilestrongylus includes 23 species, which parasitize rodents occurring in the Neotropical region. Stilestrongylus aureus (Durette-Desset & Sutton, 1985) from Argentina, S. azarai (Durette-Desset & Sutton, 1985) from Argentina, S. flavescens (Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991) from Uruguay, S. franciscanus (Digiani & Durette-Desset, 2002) from Argentina, S. gracielae (Digiani & Durette-Desset, 2006) from Argentina, and S. oryzomysi (Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991) from Argentina are closely related to Stilestrongylus rolandoi n. sp., all having caudal bursa patterns of types 1–4 in one of the lobes. Stilestrongylus rolandoi n. sp. is distinguished from the aforementioned species by its ray 6 being short in relation to rays 4 and 5, which are long and robust, and by having caudal bursa patterns of types 1–4 in both lobes. The new species has 27 ridges in the mid-body in males, and 24 in females, and has one of the highest ratios of spicule length to body length (21−33%) in this genus.

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Distribution extension of Hypsiboas curupi Garcia, Faivovich & Haddad, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) for Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/13.1.2044 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 2044 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rodrigo B. Fontana ◽

Laís Sangalli ◽

Noeli Zanella

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Threatened Species ◽

New Record ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul

Hypsiboas curupi Garcia, Faivovich & Haddad, 2007 is a threatened species usually found along streams in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. We report a new record of this species, expanding its distribution to the municipality of Casca in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Rediscovery of Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux, 1869) (Aves, Thraupidae) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/13.2.2069 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 2069

Author(s):

João Paulo Gava Just ◽

Ricardo Dossa Colvero ◽

Jairo José Zocche

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Habitat Loss ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Species Range ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Pet Trade ◽

Made In

The Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux, 1869) (Aves, Thraupidae), is a threatened passerine endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America. Habitat loss and illegal capture for the pet trade has reduced the geographical distribution of this species. The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul represents the southernmost limit of this species’ range. There, S. frontalis was last recorded in 1883, and currently this species is thought to be as extirpated in this state. After 133 years, we report photographic and audiotape records of S. frontalis, made in the municipalities of Maquiné and Mampituba, Rio Grande do Sul.

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