List of documented bird species from the municipality of Ubatuba, state of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

Although preliminary surveys have been conducted at the Atlantic Forest of Ubatuba, there is no list of documented bird records from this coastline municipality. To organize such a compilation, we searched the literature and a number of different sources for all documented records of birds from Ubatuba, state of São Paulo. We further carried out a 7-year non-systematic bird inventory in different regions and elevations to document the species within the municipality. The total number of documented bird species is 417, 11% of which are endemic to Brazil. Another 26% are Atlantic Forest endemics and as many as 60 species are under threat categories, including near-threatened birds, in the state. Some 49 species of 27 families are reported from the municipality but still lack documentation. Considering historical records, no species have extinguished from the municipality. Ubatuba is one of the most studied regions along Serra do Mar in São Paulo regarding its ornithology, but there are still high-elevational gaps that will yield significant additions of species to the area with increasing surveying efforts.

Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus recorded for the first time in coastal south-east Brazil

“…This rail has also been recorded in Rio Grande do Sul, including the coast (Maurício & Dias 1996, Dias et al 2016, Berbare et al 2017, but until now there were no records in coastal São Paulo (e.g. Olmos & Silva e Silva 2003, Willis & Oniki 2003, Silva e Silva & Olmos 2007, Simpson et al 2012; https:// ebird.org; http://www.wikiaves.com.br, http://www.xeno-canto.org). The municipality of Bertioga possesses many natural wet areas, including around SESC Bertioga where ten species of Rallidae had been recorded previously (Bokermann & Pivelli 2019).…”

Primeiro registro da saracura-carijó Pardirallus maculatus (Aves: Rallidae) para o município de Bertioga, São Paulo

“…O baixo número de registros de P. maculatus para o litoral paulista, incluindo ausência em regiões bem estudadas ornitologicamente (e.g. ; (8)(9)(10)(11)(12) ), indica sua raridade na planície costeira. Porém, os registros recentes feitos por observadores e fotógrafos de aves e disponibilizados em plataformas ornitológicas on-line, vêm mostrando uma ocorrência cada vez mais ampla desta saracura na planície costeira, fato que precisa de maior investigação de campo, pois é uma espécie de comportamento discreto e que vive em áreas de vegetação densa de diferentes tipos de ambientes alagados.…”

Taxonomy of Trogon rufus (Gmelin, 1788) and Amazonian ring-shaped clinal variation

“…We further postulate that the more specialised diet of T. chrysochloros may also explain why it their relative rarity in comparison to T. surrucura and T. viridis with which it is sympatric (Simpson et al, 2012). Indeed, Pizo (2007)found that T.viridis consumed about 66% fruit but that T.surrucura was much more insectivorous with about 75% insects.…”