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THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS FOR CONSERVATION OF BARE-FACED CURASSOW (CRAX FASCIOLATA SPIX, 1825) (GALLIFORMES: CRACIDAE) IN THE SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
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The Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata (Cracidae:Cracinae) is a vulnerable species that was classified
as critically endangered by the São Paulo State -Brazil, in 2008. Specialists recommended “searches for areas where
there may be a few remaining populations and protection of the last remaining semideciduous forest in the State”.
Protected areas were investigated in the Cerrado and semideciduous forest in São Paulo State by camera trapping
to evaluate the presence of the Bare-faced Curassow. Eight protected areas in Cerrado biome were investigated,
but the Bare-faced Curassows was recorded only at Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park (2,069 ha), São Paulo State
despite the large sampling effort in larger protected areas such as the Santa Bárbara Ecological Station (2,712 ha)
and Jataí Ecological Station (9,074 ha); the largest protected area of Cerrado biome in São Paulo State. This record
of C. fasciolata is important for the Conservation Action Plan for the Cracid family and shows the importance of
monitoring biodiversity and conserving even relatively small remnants of native vegetation for the conservation
of this species.
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