An ornithological inventory in a reforested woodlot in western Paraná state, southern Brazil

Isabela Sales Quagliato,Vagner Cavarzere

doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.30

Isabela Sales Quagliato, Vagner Cavarzere

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.30

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Abstract

This paper presents an ornithological inventory taken between March and December of 2017 in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Although the surroundings contain one relatively well-known location in regard to ornithology, Iguaçu National Park, several other areas merit exploration, among them the Santa Helena Relevant Ecological Interest Area (ARIE‑SH). The 1,479 ha ARIE‑SH is essentially a large remnant of the Atlantic Forest located adjacent to the city of Santa Helena, Paraná, which commencing in the 1980s has undergone considerable reforestation with both native and exotic species, including fruit species. Prior to censusing bird species and to better characterize the avian community, we conducted a bibliographic review of earlier ornithological studies carried out at ARIE‑SH. In addition, we conducted opportunistic and unsystematic observations in nearby locations. We recorded 311 species of birds. During the current inventory, and others conducted in the area since 2016, we recorded six Atlantic Forest endemic species, five species threatened in Paraná, and two globally threatened species. Common species which showed high Index of Frequency in Lists include (in descending order) Basileuterus culicivorus, Leptotila verreauxi, Cnemotriccus fuscatus, Corythopis delalandi, Turdus leucomelas and Arremon flavirostris. Nine species observed while conducting this census (Laterallus exilis, Amazona vinacea, Herpsilochmus longirostris, Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, Casiornis rufus, Campylorhynchus turdinus, Myiothlypis flaveola, Eucometis penicillata and Sporophila palustris) are the first records for this region.

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Scherer-Neto & Straube (1995) divided the development of ornithology in the state of Paraná into four phases: The “Natterer period”, the “Chrostowski period”, the “Mayer Period” and the “Current Period”
Prior to conducting the inventory of ARIE‐SH avifauna, we reviewed relevant avifauna information based on literature, citizen science online databases, and natural history museum collections
We found two specimens (MZUSP 75893 and MZUSP 75894) of Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex collected on April 28, 1982 at the mouth of the São Francisco Falso River in Santa Helena County, as well as another eight species from Santa Helena housed at Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia (MHNCI), of which four were collected at ARIE‐SH between 1987‐1991 (Appendix)

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Scherer-Neto & Straube (1995) divided the development of ornithology in the state of Paraná into four phases: The “Natterer period” (encompassing all regional ornithological works from the 19th century), the “Chrostowski period” (beginning of the 20th century to the 1930s), the “Mayer Period” (between the 1940s and 1960s) and the “Current Period” (commencing in the 1970s). The first ornithological investigations of Paraná were conducted by the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer. During his stay in Paraná between September 1820 and May 1821 he visited numerous localities along its coastal plain (Serra do Mar). He passed through the state’s interior lands west of the Serra do Mar collecting zoological material (Straube, 1993). Between 1921 and 1924, Polish naturalists Tadeusz Chrostowski and Tadeusz Jaczewski, sent by the Polish Museum of Natural History, searched a wide region from the state’s center to its far west, as well as along the

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