The importance of protected areas for conservation of bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata spix, 1825) (Galliformes: Cracidae) in the São Paulo State, Brazil

Abstract 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.

摘要：裸面凤冠雉（Bare-faced Curassow *Crax fasciolata*）隶属于凤冠雉科（Cracidae）凤冠雉亚科（Cracinae），为易危物种，巴西圣保罗州于2008年将其评定为极危物种。相关专家建议"对可能残存少量种群的区域开展调查，并对该州最后残存的半落叶林实施保护"。本研究采用红外相机监测（camera trapping）技术，对圣保罗州塞拉多（Cerrado）生物群系与半落叶林内的保护区展开调查，以评估裸面凤冠雉的分布情况。本次共调查了8处塞拉多生物群系的保护区，尽管在圣巴巴拉生态站（Santa Bárbara Ecological Station，2712公顷）以及圣保罗州塞拉多生物群系最大的保护区雅泰伊生态站（Jataí Ecological Station，9074公顷）等大型保护区开展了大量采样工作，但仅在圣保罗州的福尔纳斯杜邦热苏斯州立公园（Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park，2069公顷）记录到裸面凤冠雉。此次*C. fasciolata*的记录对于凤冠雉科保护行动计划具有重要价值，同时也彰显了开展生物多样性监测、乃至保护相对小型的原生植被残存斑块对该物种保护的重要意义。