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FORTALEZA area 
BRAZIL

CEARÁ (near), (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (October, 2006)

 

Birding Site Guide

I visited Fortaleza to meet members of Aquasis, a conservation organization working with the Araripe Manakin (following site), Serra de Baturite and projects working with terns and marine mammals. Check: http://www.aquasis.org/bio_projetos.asp (only in Portugese) or contact AlbertoThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. The forest in Serra de Baturite has some excellent birding the recently split Gray-breasted Parakeet is likely to be listed as a critically endangered species in the near future. Contact Ciro Albano This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. about this area. Ciro and Alberto both speak excellent English. I stayed at the Aquasis office for a few days which is located in a kind of compound called SESC Iparana about 15km west of Fortaleza and can be reached by bus. Ask Alberto for directions. Within the compound is a small patch of forest which has Spot-backed Puffbird, Ochraceous Piculet and Marmoset. I joined a group that went to a place called Pecem about 50km west of Fortaleza. Here was good for terns, waders and Black Skimmer. We also checked some flooded palm forest near Lake Cauipe where we saw Purple Gallinule, Limpkin and Masked Water-Tyrant. Ask Alberto for more details of the site. I saw 70 species including 1 lifer 


I saw 70 species including 1 lifer 


Species seen 


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

 

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