One hundred and thirty-five years of avifaunal surveys around Santarem, central Brazilian Amazon

Lees, Alexander C. and de Moura, Nargila G. and Andretti, Christian Borges and Davis, Bradley J. W. and Lopes, Edson V. and Pinto Henriques, L. Magalli and Aleixo, Alexandre and Barlow, Jos and Ferreira, Joice and Gardner, Toby A. (2013) One hundred and thirty-five years of avifaunal surveys around Santarem, central Brazilian Amazon. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 21 (1). pp. 16-57. ISSN 0103-5657

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Abstract

We present an updated annotated avifaunal checklist for the Santarem region of central Para state, Brazil, an area that has one of the oldest histories of ornithological exploration in South America. We combine data from a five-month quantitative survey of the birds of the municipalities of Santarem and Belterra (east of the Tapajos River) between 2010 and 2011 with an exhaustive search of material in museum collections worldwide and digital vouchers deposited online. Our own survey sampled habitats across a gradient of disturbance ranging from 'undisturbed' primary forest, through logged and burnt forest, patches of secondary forest, cattle pastures and intensive mechanized agriculture. Given the potential for species misidentifications in avian inventories, we paid special attention to obtaining voucher documentation. Here we present a collection of publicly accessible digital vouchers for all of the new species, in addition to providing museum catalogue numbers for all old records. We added 24 species to the regional list, principally species associated with anthropogenic land-uses, but also including seven species restricted to primary forest habitats which were missed from both recent published inventories and over the course of two centuries of intensive collecting efforts. The regional list now stands at 583 species for which voucher documentation is available, with an additional 26 undocumented species. Many of the species reported here are poorly known or represent notable range extensions, and we present new data on their status and distribution.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1103
Subjects:
?? bird surveyamazoniaconservationrange extensiondigital voucherrange extensionslowland amazonsouth-americabirdssavannaconservationrecordsforestbiogeographyunderstoryanimal science and zoology ??
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65989
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Deposited On:
12 Aug 2013 10:57
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Yes
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Published
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