Birds of the Parque Ecológico Lagoa da Fazenda, Sobral, Ceará state, northeastern Brazil

By

Brasileiro, Ana Carolina
Lima-Araujo, Frede
Alcântara, Jamile Aragão
Pontes, Alano Sousa Martins
Neto, José André
Tavares, Ricardo De Oliveira
Silvino, Amanda Souza
Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-1-16

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

2037--10

Subjects

anthropic avifauna , bird diversity , Brazilian semiarid ecosystems , breeding areas , Caatinga , inventory , species richness

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2037

 

Abstract

Natural areas within cities are important as they contribute to maintain biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems. In Ceará state, inventories of birds in human-impacted areas are still scarce. Here, we inventory bird species and estimate the species richness at Parque Ecológico Lagoa da Fazenda, an urban park in the municipality of Sobral, in northeastern Brazil. We found 82 bird species, of which 16 breed in the area, three are endemics, and three others are introduced. Despite the moderate species richness detected, richness estimators revealed that sampling was sufficient to detect most species. To maintain or even increase local species richness, we suggest the cessation of urban expansion within the park, sewage dumping, and filling of the wetland, as well as further planting of native vegetation.