What is it about?
We studied the Black-fronted Piping Guan (Pipile jacutinga), a medium-sized cracid (1.5 kg), endemic of Atlantic rainforest and considered endangered. We present density estimates of Black-fronted Piping Guans derived from line-transect surveys (total effort 5 2,246 km) across 11 protected areas (6 continuous mainland areas, 3 non-connected mainland areas, and 2 inshore islands) in Sao Paulo State, southeastern Brazil.
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Why is it important?
Our data indicate the Black-fronted Piping Guan is not extremely sensitive to habitat disturbance and the major threat to its conservation is most likely from illegal hunting.
Perspectives
The absence or low density estimates of the species in three survey sites is of special concern, because it is known guans are important in seed dispersal, which may have long-term consequences for forest regeneration.
Dr Ricardo S Bovendorp
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
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This page is a summary of: Density Estimates of the Black-Fronted Piping Guan in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, December 2011, Wilson Ornithological Society,
DOI: 10.1676/10-140.1.
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