Abstract
Abstract The Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata (Cracidae:Cracinae) is a vulnerable species that was classified as critically endangered by the São Paulo State -Brazil, in 2008. Specialists recommended "searches for areas where there may be a few remaining populations and protection of the last remaining semideciduous forest in the State". Protected areas were investigated in the Cerrado and semideciduous forest in São Paulo State by camera trapping to evaluate the presence of the Bare-faced Curassow. Eight protected areas in Cerrado biome were investigated, but the Bare-faced Curassows was recorded only at Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park (2,069 ha), São Paulo State despite the large sampling effort in larger protected areas such as the Santa Bárbara Ecological Station (2,712 ha) and Jataí Ecological Station (9,074 ha); the largest protected area of Cerrado biome in São Paulo State. This record of C. fasciolata is important for the Conservation Action Plan for the Cracid family and shows the importance of monitoring biodiversity and conserving even relatively small remnants of native vegetation for the conservation of this species.
Highlights
Among groups of birds quite affected by human activities is the Cracidae family, the most threatened among birds on a global level (Pinilla-Buitrago et al 2014)
We reported C. fasciolata for the first time in the Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park, showing the importance of this protected area for conservation of this species in the São Paulo State
The study was conducted in eigth areas of Cerrado vegetation included in the original distribution of C. fasciolata: 1) Furnas de Bom Jesus State Park (Furnas) (20° 11’ S/47° 22’ W) located in the northern São Paulo State, Brazil (Figure 1)
Summary
Among groups of birds quite affected by human activities is the Cracidae family, the most threatened among birds on a global level (Pinilla-Buitrago et al 2014). This family is endemic to the Neotropics and consists of a group of large frugivorous birds and seed eating (Sick 1997, Brooks and Strahl 2000). Brazil has the second highest diversity of cracids in the world (22 species; Silveira et al 2008) and the highest number of endemic species of any Neotropical country, with approximately half of the Guans and Curassows considered vulnerable or at risk (Brooks and Strahl 2000). The main threats to the species of cracids are poaching, habitat fragmentation, deforestation and predators such as domestic dogs Canis familiaris (Sick 1997, Brooks and Strahl 2000)
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