巴西鸟类保护项目——红喉唐纳雀 获政府奖励

巴西一项鸟类保护项目获得

由巴西鸟类保护组织SAVE（国际鸟盟巴西会员）实施的针对极危物种红喉唐纳雀 Cherry-throated Tanager的研究和保护项目最近获得了一项该国州政府的最高奖励。红喉唐纳雀 Cherry-throated Tanager是巴西最不为所知的鸟类之一，初次发现于19世纪末，直到1941年，才第二次被人短暂目睹。从此以后，许多研究者认为该鸟种已经灭绝。40多年后，在1998年，一小群该鸟种才被重新发现，之后，陆续有少量的发现报告。这项获奖研究涉及该鸟种的生态学，觅食行为，以及和在树冠顶层生活的其他他鸟种相互关系。同时也进行了该鸟种的数量调查以期把该鸟种的保护措施纳入到该州的整体保育体系中，使其受到优先保护。

The Prize was organized by the state government of Espírito Santo to recognize and foster environmental studies, projects, activities and works developed by individuals, NGOs and companies, contributing to the social, economic and cultural development of the Espírito Santo state. The awarded study has been important to understand some key aspects of Cherry-throated Tanager ecology, foraging behaviour and their association with other bird species within canopy mixed flocks. The researchers are also working on a species population census that will feed into conservation priorities for the region.

The Cherry-throated Tanager is one of Brazil’s most enigmatic birds.  First described at the end of the 19th century from the State of Minas Gerais, it was not seen again until a single sighting in 1941. Since then many researchers considered it extinct when, more than forty years later in 1998, it was rediscovered in small numbers at Fazenda Pindobas IV by researchers Ana Cristina Venturini, Claudia Bauer, Fernando Pacheco and Pedro Paz. In September 2003, small numbers were also discovered in the Caetés region. The species is classified by BirdLife as Critically Endangered.