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Limestone cliff, in a crevice of which the King Vulture nest ws located (indicated by an arrow) Photo: Eduardo Pio Carvalho.
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We studied nesting King Vultures (Sarcoramphus papa) between October 2001 and April 2003. The study was accomplished at a private reserve belonging to CAUAIA's farm, situated in Matozinhos, Minas Gerais, inside of APA CARSTE environmental protection area of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais. Incubation occurred in October and November 2001, and the develop...
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... in July 2000, we made a qualitative survey of raptor species of the region, and searched for nests with the aid of 10 x 25 and 8 x 40 binoculars. Observations were noted while traveling throughout the reserve, totaling 90 ha of fieldwork. We discovered the nest on 21 October 2001 in the Cauaia Farm, in a crevice of a 70 m high limestone wall ( Fig. 1), while surveying raptors in the area. However, we were on the ground, next to the cliff, and first checked the nest only on 27 October. The nest was examined weekly during the first month and biweekly until the young left the nest. The egg and nestling were photographed using a Canon-A2E camera with 28-80 mm and 200-400 mm lenses. A ...
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... Com esse método, foi possível mapear a área de uso pela espécie na escarpa rochosa da FNI. Após a identificação dessas localidades, foram realizadas vistorias ao local, com a finalidade de buscar e mapear ninhos em cavidade rochosa (Silva & Regalado, 1998;Carvalho Filho et al., 2004). Com os resultados obtidos em campo, foram elaborados mapas temáticos por meio do software QGis 2.18.2, considerando-se a área de uso pelo urubu-rei nas escarpas rochosas e as cavidades rochosas utilizadas para sua nidificação. ...
A Floresta Nacional de Ipanema (FNI), além de sua importância ambiental e histórica, é um relevante atrativo turístico regional. A demanda social por mais e melhores atividades recreacionais em contato com a natureza na UC aumentou nas últimas décadas e culminou em um projeto de abertura de vias de escalada de forma sustentável na FNI. A execução do projeto é fruto de um trabalho conjunto do Instituto Manacá com o ICMBio, e teve apoio financeiro da SOS Mata Atlântica. Para execução do projeto, foram mapeadas área com potencial para escalada no Morro Araçoiaba e áreas de ocorrência ou nidificação do urubu-rei (Sarcoramphus papa), buscando identificar locais apropriados para implementação de vias de escalada que não impactassem no comportamento da espécie. Após essa etapa, foram realizadas diferentes atividades para estruturar a atividade na FNI como capacitação dos condutores, implantação de vias de escalada e abertura e sinalização de trilhas, elaboração do plano de uso público para prática de escalada, elaboração de um guia digital para os escaladores, entre outros produtos e serviços. Dos 17 setores de escalada mapeados, foram implantados 5, com diferentes vias de escalada em cada setor. Após a abertura dos setores de escalada, notou-se a presença contínua de escaladores na FNI e a maior parte desse público avaliou o atrativo como excelente ou bom. O desafio é continuar monitorando os impactos da atividade e envolvendo a comunidade de escaladores na gestão da FNI e na solução de possíveis problemas ocasionados pela atividade.
... Yet, two eggs from wild birds come from countries with no breeding records on literature, Peru and Bolivia. More detailed data come from only three countries: Panama (Lundy 1957;Wetmore 1965;Smith 1970), Venezuela (Ramo and Busto 1988;Schlee 1995), and Brazil (Carvalho-Filho et al. 2004;Petri et al. 2013; WA2423099; WA2392238), but each of these referring to one or two nests only. The only thoroughly monitored nest is the one by Carvalho-Filho et al. (2004). ...
... The King Vulture has variable nest site choice. Although some nests were at ground level (Smith 1970;Schlee 1995), the species may also nest up to~10 m high in small caves (Silva and Regalado 1998), holes in trees (Ramo and Busto 1988) or even man-made structures (Petri et al. 2013)-and one even higher nest (apparently dozens of meters aboveground, on a cliff) was reported (Carvalho-Filho et al. 2004). Clutch size was always one. ...
New World vultures (Cathartidae) have essential roles in ecosystem functioning, but are susceptible to increasing anthropogenic impacts. Knowledge of several breeding, behavioral, and distributional parameters of Neotropical vultures is poorly organized and have not been properly reviewed. Here, we made a comprehensive review of original breeding records from museums, literature, and citizen science (WikiAves) for each of the six species of vultures occurring in the Neotropical region. These data were used to review breeding patterns and geographical distribution, and identify information gaps. The 567 records of breeding from the Neotropics assembled are very biased, mostly for Black Vulture Coragyps atratus (n = 319) and Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (n = 166), and unevenly distributed among regions and subspecies. The four other species still have a great lack of knowledge about their breeding in the wild (Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus (n = 20), Greater Yellow-headed Vulture C. melambrotus (n = 2), King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa (n = 21), and Andean Condor Vultur gryphus (n = 30)). We show for the first time that Neotropical Cathartidae have convergent breeding seasons among sympatric taxa, delay start of breeding with increasing latitude, and have an allometric relationship between adult size and egg size. Nevertheless, larger samples of breeding data, especially from some regions and taxa, such as the two “Yellow-headed Vulture” species, are still needed. We also show that breeding traits could be helpful for preventive management and conservation strategies involving both expanding and decreasing populations of vultures in the Neotropics.
... The ten local experts who reported seeing eggs recalled two eggs per clutch rather than the one noted by scientists. Three nests with one single egg have been reported in the wild by Smith (1970), Ramo andBusto (1988), andCarvalho Filho et al. (2004). The same appears to be the case for king vultures held in captivity. ...
Ecosystem management regularly requires bridging diverse cultural perspectives. As a result, researchers commonly assert that including local ecological knowledge in conservation strategies is essential to crafting enduring environmental solutions. Using the case of the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), we take preliminary steps in asking how ethnoecology and field biology might be combined in conservation practice. The paper reports on a questionnaire applied to sixty-six local experts in southern Yucatán, home to Mexico’s largest expanse of tropical forest and the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Local experts included forest workers, i.e. hunters, loggers, and gum tappers, some of whom worked as guides for field biologists. The research results point to the possibility of a cultural consensus among these experts regarding the bird’s natural history. After outlining this preliminary consensus and contrasting it with academic findings, the paper considers the implications of a consensus for conservation programming.
... Even with increasing recent records in this state (Wikiaves 2012), there are scarce nesting observations in São Paulo (Silva & Regalado 1998, Giorgetti & Fonseca 2009). King Vulture nests have been recorded in several sites, such as ground, rock walls, hollow dead trees and on emergent tree branches (Smith 1970, Ramo & Busto 1988, Sick 1997, Silva & Regalado 1998, Schlee 1995, Carvalho-Filho et al. 2004, Giorgetti & Fonseca 2009). In this paper we report a nest on a manmade structure. ...
The King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758) is declining globally and it is listed as threatened with extinction in state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Despite a recent increase in observations of this species, nesting records are scarce in the state. We report a nesting attempt on an observation tower at Estação Ecológica de Angatuba, southwestern state of São Paulo.
Ecosystem management regularly requires bridging diverse cultural perspectives. As a result, researchers commonly assert that including local ecological knowledge in conservation strategies is essential to crafting enduring environmental solutions. Using the case of the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), we take preliminary steps in asking how ethnoecology and field biology might be combined in conservation practice. The paper reports on a questionnaire applied to sixty-six local experts in southern Yucatán, home to Mexico's largest expanse of tropical forest and the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Local experts included forest workers, i.e. hunters, loggers, and gum tappers, some of whom worked as guides for field biologists. The research results point to the possibility of a cultural consensus among these experts regarding the bird's natural history. After outlining this preliminary consensus and contrasting it with academic findings, the paper considers the implications of a consensus for conservation programming.
