AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest

Abstract

The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer-reviewed and grey literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an effective non-invasive method of surveying vertebrates, applicable to different scales of time and space. In this study, we organized and standardized camera trap records from different Amazon regions to compile the most extensive dataset of inventories of mammal, bird and reptile species ever assembled for the area. The complete dataset comprises 154,123 records of 317 species (185 birds, 119 mammals and 13 reptiles) gathered from surveys from the Amazonian portion of eight countries (Brazil,

Neotropical birds and mammals show divergent behaviour responses to human pressure

“…There is a need for more research on the impact on human pressure on vertebrates behaviour, as such changes could result in marked shifts away from natural patterns, with consequences for fitness, population persistence, community interactions, and evolution (Chace and Walsh, 2006; Gaynor et al, 2018; Lin et al, 2012). Camera traps information is increasing exponentially and can be an excellent tool to gather this type of information, but usually the only information reported is in relation to species community composition and population densities (Antunes et al, 2022; Negret et al, 2015a). Our analysis highlights the fact that many behavioural characteristics, like species daily activity, may vary between species, individuals and sites and that this variation can have impacts in the ecology and conservation of these species.…”

Kleptoparasitism attempt on a greater grison (Galictis vittata) by a white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) in the Brazilian Amazon

“…After analyzing the video record and considering the species traits, we suggest that this may be an occasional and opportunistic event, once the greater grison is a low-density species (Arita et al 1990), and is not commonly recorded by camera traps in the Amazon forest (Antunes et al 2022). This is the first record of a white hawk attempting kleptoparasitism, which may also indicate that this type of behavior is not common in the species.…”