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Table 3 Animal species cited by surrounding community Groups of the FLONA of Araripe, Ceará, Brazil

From: Fauna used by rural communities surrounding the protected area of Chapada do Araripe, Brazil

Family/ Species

Local Name/N° of citations

Conservation Status

MMA

IUCN

BIRDS

Tinamidae

Crypturellus noctivagus zabele (Spix, 1825)

“zabelê” (yellow-legged tinamou)/21

VU

NT

Crypturellus parvirostris (Wagler,1827)

“nambu” (Small-billed tinamou)/73

LC

Nothura maculosa (Temminck, 1815)

“corduniz” (spotted nothura)/65

LC

Accipritidae

Rupornis magnirotris (Gmelin, 1788)

“gavião” (hawk)/23

LC

Falconidae

Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777)

“carcará” (southern carcara)/18

Cracidae

Penelope superciliaris (Temminck, 1815)

“jacu” (guan)/211

LC

Carimidae

Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Sariema/102

LC

Columbidae

Columbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766)

“rolinha comum”(common turtle dove)/48

LC

Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1811)

“rolinha caldo de feijão” (ruddy ground dove)/17

LC

Columbina squamatta (Lesson, 1831)

“rolinha cascaval” (scaled dove)/17

Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855

“juriti” (white-tipped dove)/70

LC

Zenaida auriculata (Des Murs, 1847)

“ribaçã” (eared dove)/10

LC

Psittacidae

Eupsittula cactorum (Kuhl, 1820)

“guinguirro” (cactus parakeet)/24

LC

Forpus xanthopterygius (Spix, 1824)

“pacu” (Blue-winged parrotlet)/6

Cuculidae

Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758

“anu preto” (smooth-billed ani)/2

Guira guira (Gmelin, 1788)

“anu branco” (guira cuckoo)/1

LC

Piaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

“alma de gato” (squirrel cuckoo)/7

LC

Strigidae

Glaucidium brasilianum (Gmelin, 1788)

“caburé” ferruginous pygmy owl)/12

LC

Megascops choliba choliba (Vieillot, 1817)

“coruja” (owl)/12

LC

Nyctibiida

Nyctibus griséus (Gmelin, 1789)

“mãe da lua”/12

Trochilidae

Chlorostilbon luciduss (Shaw, 1812)

“bizunga”/12

Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, 1788)

“tesourão” (swallow-tailed hummingbird)/2

LC

Bucconidae

Nystalus maculatus (Gmelin, 1788)

“fura-barreiro” (puffbird)/2

LC

Picidae

Veniliornis passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766)

“pica-pau-pequeno” (woodpecker)/14

Tyrannidae

Fluvicola negenta (Linnaeus, 1766)

“lavadeira”/5

Pitangus sulphuratus (Linneus, 1766)

“bem-te-vi” (great kiskadee)

LC

Pripidae

Antilophia bokermanni Coelho & Silva, 1998

“soldadinho-do-araripe” (Araripe manakin)/20

CR

CR

Corvidae

Cyanocorax cyanopogon (Wied, 1821)

“cancão” (white-naped jay)/33

LC

Troglodytidae

Pheugopedius genibarbis (Swainson, 1838)

“chorró” (moustached wren)/6

LC

Turdidae

Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818

“sabiá comum” (pale-breasted thrush)/34

LC

Turdus rufiventris (Vieillot, 1818)

“sabiá peito amarelo” (rufous-bellied thrush)/13

LC

Thraupidae

Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1776)

“canário da terra” (saffron finch)/8

LC

Parulidae

Setophaga fusca (Statius Muller, 1776)

“papo de fogo” (lackburnian warbler)/3

LC

Myiothlypis flaveola Baird, 1865

“canário comum” (common canary)/9

LC

MAMMALIA

Didelphidae

Didelphis albiventris(Lund, 1840)

“cassaco” (white-eared Opossum)/27

LC

Dasypodidae

Cabassous unicinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

“china” (southern naked-tailed armadillo)/69

LC

Dasypus novencimctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

“tatu comum” (common armadillo)/195

LC

Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)

“peba” (six-banded armadillo)/194

LC

Canidae

Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766)

“raposa” (fox)/82

LC

Nasua Nasua (Linnaeus, 1766)

“guará” (South American coati) /20

LC

Procyon cancrivorus (G. Cuvier, 1798)

“guaxinim” (raccoon)/19

LC

Mustelidae

Conepatus semistriatus (Boddaert, 1785)

“gambá” (striped hog-nosed skunk)/51

LC

Galictis vitatta (Schreber, 1776)

“furão” (ferret)/15

LC

Felidae

Leopardus tigrinus Shreber, 1775

“gato do mato; lagartcheiro” (oncilla; tiger cat)/45

EN

VU

Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821)

“gato maracajá” (margay cat)/7

VU

Panthera onca Linnaeus, 1758

“onça pintada” (spotted jaguar)/45

VU

NT

Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)

“onça vermelha” (red jaguar)/130

VU

LC

Mazama gouazoubira (G. Fischer, 1814)

“veado comum” (common deer)/237

LC

Caviida

Galea spixii (Wagler, 1831)

“preá” (guinea pig)/40

LC

Dasyproctidae

Dasyprocta prymnolopha (Wagler, 1831)

“cutia” (Black-rumped agouti)/205

LC

Myrmecophagidae

Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

“tamanduá” (Collared anteater)/113

LC

REPTILIA

Iguanidae

Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)

“camaleão” (chameleon)/38

Teiidae

Salvator merianae (Duméril &Bibron,1839)

“teiú” (black and white tegu”)/88

LC

  1. Legend: Categories of the Red List of IUCN (2014.1): DD Data deficient, LC Least Concern, NT Near Threatened, VU Vulnerable, CR Critically endangered. Categories of Brazilian Red List (MMA, 2014): CE Critically endangered, E Endangered, VU Vulnerable