Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis) Case Study
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Continent: South America
Country: Venezuela
Grant Amount: $2,350
Awarded Date: May 10, 2014
Carlos Valeris
Univesidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana
Urb. Chilemex, calle Chile. Sede UNEG Investigación y Postgrado
Puerto Ordaz
BolÃvar
8050
Venezuela
Tel: +582869234786
Mob: +584266146680
Conservation of endemic Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis) at Lower Caroni river, Venezuela.
The project: Conservation of endemic Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis) at Lower Caroni River, Venezuela, aims to evaluate this poorly known bird species, which have just few report in its suitable habitat, in order to update its IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status. For this, we have the support of Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), Corporación Eléctrica Nacional -BolÃvar (CORPOELEC), and MBZCF.
The Carrizal Seedeater (A. carrizalensis) is an endemic bird species recently described in Venezuela (Lentino and Restall, 2003), considered a Critically Endangered species (CR) by the IUCN and as Data Deficient species (DD) by the Red Book of the Venezuelan Fauna (Rodríguez and Rojas- Suárez, 2008), by the poor data available on this species. Moreover, the type locality, the island of Carrizal, was deforested and then flooded due the construction of Carlos Manuel Piar Hydroelectric Complex (Tocoma), which, once completed, will affect some of the potential habitat of A. carrizalensis, which consists of bamboo forests (Genus: Guadua and Ripidocladus). To date have been identified individuals of A. carrizalensis in seven localities nearby the type locality, in the lower basin of the Caroni River and the surface of its potential habitat estimated in 2482Km2 (BirdLife International, 2014). However, this habitat has not been thoroughly evaluated, resulting in an important lack of knowledge, which makes difficult to take decisions to protect this endemic bird species.
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