Tupinambás Ecological Station

Tupinambás Ecological Station
Estação Ecológica Tupinambás
Map showing the location of Tupinambás Ecological Station

Location in Brazil

Nearest city Guarujá, São Paulo
Coordinates 24°05′S 45°44′W / 24.08°S 45.73°W / -24.08; -45.73Coordinates: 24°05′S 45°44′W / 24.08°S 45.73°W / -24.08; -45.73
Area 2,464 hectares (6,090 acres)
Designation Ecological station
Created 20 July 1987

Tupinambás Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica Tupinambás) is a marine ecological station in and around the Alcatrazes archipelago off the coast in São Paulo State, Brazil.

History

The Tupinambás Ecological Station is a Federal conservation area covering 2,464 hectares (6,090 acres) administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It was created on 20 July 1987.[1] It consists of the Paredão island between about 24°04' and 24°05' S and 45°43' and 45°44' W, the islets of Abatipossanga, Guaratingaçu, Carimacuí and Cunhambebe between about 24°06' and 24°07' S and 45°42' and 45°43' W, and other islets and rocks, and the sea within a radius of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from their surf. It is in the São Sebastião and Ubatuba municipalities of São Paulo State.[2]

Status

As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.[3] Migratory species include royal tern (Sterna maxima), spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), South American tern (Sterna hirundinacea), white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Cape petrel (Daption capense), wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus), ultramarine grosbeak (Passerina brissonii), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), great shearwater (Puffinus gravis), black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) and giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris).[2]

Endemic critically endangered land species include the pit viper Bothrops alcatraz and the frogs Cycloramphus faustoi and Scinax alcatraz.[2]

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