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N Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni , Alyne 3Perillo , Gustavo Bernardino 3 Malacco , Thiago Oliveira 3 e Almeida Helberth José 4 Cardoso Peixoto , Thiago de Oliveira Souza , Eduardo de Carvalho Dutra Alteff França

1 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia de Vertebrados. Avenida Dom José Gaspar, 500, Coração Eucarístico. CEP 30535-901. , MG, Brazil. 2 Associação para a Gestão Socioambiental do Triângulo Mineiro (Angá). Avenida Anselmo Alves dos Santos, 118, sala 04. CEP 38408-008. Uberlândia, MG, Brazil. 3 Pontifícia Universidade Católica Minas de Minas Gerais, Museu de Ciências Naturais, Laboratório de Ornitologia. Avenida Dom José Gaspar, 290, Coração Eucarístico. CEP [email protected] Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 4 Vereda Consultoria Ambiental Ltda, Avenida Divino Lucas Martins, 415, Bairro Santa Maria. CEP 38408-026. Uberlândia, MG, Brazil. * Corresponding author. E-mail: Abstract: We present new records of four open-habitat in the southern Espinhaço Range, state of Minas Gerais, also known as the Quadrilátero Ferrífero. Three of these species (Micropygia schomburgkii, Veniliornis mixtus and Coryphaspiza melanotis) are inedit occurrences for the region and two are globally threatened (C. melanotis and Culicivora caudacuta), what draws attention for the preservation of native open-habitats within the Quadrilátero Ferrífero region.

The southern part of the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, also known as the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, is a have been deposited at the Arquivo Sonoro Prof. Elias et al. Coelho (ASEC), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio mountain complex located between the municipalities de Janeiro, Brazil, and in personal sound databases of the ofo Our Branco and Belo Horizonte (Echternachtet al. authorsGM (L and GBM). Taxonomic nomenclature follows 2011). It is considered a priority area for biodiversity Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos (CBRO 2011) (Echternachtconservation etin al.Minas Gerais (Drummond 2005) andOcellated botanic t erms Crake were usedMicropygia according to schomburgkii Ribeiro and and has been recently recognized as an area of endemism (Schomburgk,Walter (1998). 1848) (Rallidae): This species is et2011). al It also embodies the Important threatenedBird Areas grassland(IBA’s) Serr birdsa do in Car theaça southern and Our Espinhaçoo Preto/ et al. RangeMariana have (Benck drawne attention. 2006). R toecent the r conservationecords of rare of and its considered Endangered in Minas Gerais (Copamcampo 2010) sujoand et al. Data Deficient in Brazil (Machado 2005). On 15 April 2008AF E and GBM heard one individual in a habitatnative gr birdassland species remnants in the Quadrilátero (Lopes 2010;Ferrífero, Mazzoni of which and grassland, at the district of Mingu, (20°02’37” threePerillo are 2011). certainly Here new we prforesent this region.new records of four open- attractedS, 43°46’17” the Wspecies – 1,178 using m). playback On two andsubsequent tape-recorded visits tito inthe a cerradosite, on ralo,20 April 2008 and 20 January 2010, GBM

Records presented here were obtained during fieldwork closeo t Ribeirão da Prata, a small stream by the authors in the state of Minas Gerais between 2008 on the limits between Caeté and Rio Acima (20°01’53” S, and 2011. The study area comprehends the municipalities 43°43’46” camposW – 1,023 limpos m and campos20°02’32” sujos S, at43°42’51” four different W – of Caeté, Rio Acima, , , and 1,221 m). During May 2011 the species was tape-recorded briefOuro descriptionPreto (Figur ofe 1),the all study locat sites,ed within as well the as Quadrilát geographicero by GBM in Ferrífero and near the capital city of Belo Horizonte. A sitesa of Serr da , in the municipalities of Nova Lima (20°06’20” S, 43°57’27” W – 1,390 m and 20°04’39” S, coordinates (datum WGS 84) and altitude, can be found 43°57’31” W – 1,300 m) and Brumadinho (20°07’36” S, in the species accounts below. Birds were identified with 43°58’53” W – 1,440 m and 20°07’08” S, 44°00’01”cerrado W – binoculars or by their vocalizations. Whenever possible, ralo1,340GM m). L and ECD also tape-recorded one individual photographs were taken. Vocalizations were recorded responding to playback on 02 October 2011 in a usingy Son PCM-M10, Marantz PMD-222 and Panasonic oclose t the left bank of the Rio das Velhas (20°09’39” RR-US450 digital tape-recorders, and Sony ECM-674 and S, 43°47’35” W – 900 m) (Figure 2). The vegetation of the Sennheiser ME-67 shotgun microphones. These recordings lattere sit was composed of tall grass with some rocky138 Mazzoni et al. | Records of four species in the southern Espinhaço Range, Brazil outcrops and sparse individuals of Vochysia thyrsoidea, Stryphnodendrum sp., Copaifera langsdorfii and Vellozia This record represents a range extension of over 80 kmo t the southeast in relation to the closest recording sp. The Ocellateted al. Crake has recently beenet al. found at Serra Elsewhere,locality, municipality the species of is knownSete Lagoas, to occur w inhere the twEspinhaçoo males etda al.Canastra, Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba regions were collected by P.W. Lund in the 1800’set al. (Krabbe 2007). (Vasconcelos 2006; Marçal Júnior 2009; Lopes et al. 2010). Elsewhere, there is an extra-limital record RangeSharp-tailed at Serra do Tyrant Cipó (Melo-Júnior Culicivora caudacuta2001) (Vieillot,and Grão bird,of the probablyOcellated naturalCrake fr ofom theIlha cerradoComprida, grasslands coastal São of Mogol1818) municipality (Tyrannidae): (Vasconcelos 2006). Paulo (Barnett 2000), which was assigned to a vagrant we state that records of M. schomburkii in Minas Gerais On 03 September 2010 AP and areinterior currently São P increasing,aulo. That probablyis clearly due not to the the case knowledge here, and of LGM photographed and tape-recorded two individuals of birdsthis species were seen at the in adistrict well preserved of Miguel patch Burnier of campo, Ouro limpoPreto (20°26’00” S, 43°47’36” W – 1,370 m) (Figure 3C). The its vocalization by ornithologists and the use of playback technique. Thus, our records are the first occurrences of withl tal grasses (Figure 3D) and responded to playback by this species at the Quadrilátero Ferrífero and expand its performing quick duets. Our record adds a new locality for range over 300et al.km eastbound, in relation to the nearest Ferrífero,this threatened where species it was (Silpreviouslyveira and known Straube to 2008; occur Copam at the recordingCheckered locality , Serra da CanastrVeniliornisa National mixtus Park 2010; Birdlife International 2011) within the Quadrilátero (Vasconcelos(Boddaert, 1783) 2006). (Picidae): et al. heard, attracted using playback and photographed by Serra Black-masked do Rola-Moça Stat Finche P arkCoryphaspiza and at the municipality melanotis of A single individual was (Temminck, (Lopes 1822) (Emberizidae): 2010). This species is

LGM and TOA on 06 November 2009 southeast of the ofdistrict campo of Mingu, limpo and Rio Acampocima (2 sujo0°05’14” alternated S, 43°42’04” with upper W – considered Endangered in Minas Gerais (Copam 2010) 1,350 m) (Figure 3A). The vegetation of the site consists and Vulnerable globally (Birdlife International 2011) and in Brazil (Silveira and Straube 2008). On 15 February montane semideciduous forests along the river drainages. 2010, TOA and TOS observed and photographed a group

Figure 1. Micropygia schomburgkii (Coryphaspiza yStud melanotis area showing the localizationVeniliornis mixtusof the) Quadrilátand trianglesero F(erríferoCulicivora in caudacuta the state ).of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Gray shaded areas correspond to the studied localities. The star represents Belo Horizonte city. New records are represented by circles ( ), squares ), diamonds ( 139 Mazzoni et al. | Records of four bird species in the southern Espinhaço Range, Brazil

campo limpo ofx si individuals, probably a family, of which two showed municipality of Itabirito (20°13’42” S, 43°55’58” W – 1,400 juvenile plumage, in a grassland at Nova Lima m).d The bir was attracted by playback, but only emitted (20°11’37” S, 43°54’26” W – 1,300 m). The birds were an almost inaudible “insect-like” call, while perching photographedconstantly vocalizing a single full individual songs and in calls. a campo On 20 limpo Sept emberat the atop a small shrub. On a subsequent visit to the area (04 2010, not far from this location, AP and LGM observed and November 2010), the species was recorded again, but this time singing its full song in response to playback (Figure

Figure 2. Micropygia schomburgkii

Spectogram of a complete song given by the Ocellated Crake at the left bank of Rio das Velhas, Rio Acima municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Song recorded on 02 October 2011 and prepared with Syrinx software version 2.6h by Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni. Voice deposited at Arquivo Sonoro Prof. Elias Coelho (ASEC 17135). A B

C D

Figure 3. Woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus Coryphaspiza melanotis Culicivora caudacuta Photographic records of grassland birds and their habitats in the Quadrilátero FerríferoC. caudacuta region, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A: the Checkered , at Rio Acima; B: the Black-masked Finch ,o at Our Preto; C: the Sharp-tailed Tyrant , at Miguel Burnier district, ; D: a patch of campo limpo grassland where has been recorded at Miguel Burnier. Photos: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni. 140 Mazzoni et al. | Records of four bird species in the southern Espinhaço Range, Brazil

in a recently burnt campo limpo that was regenerating reviewed the English and made useful comments. Santos D’Angelo 3B). On the second encounter, the bird was observed Neto provided important bibliography. Dárius Pukenis Tubelis and an anonymous referee made comments for the improvement of the from the fire. The species was tape-recorded on both manuscript. LGM would like to thank CNPQ for the master’s fellowship grantedLiterature (proc. Cited 134779/2011-8). campooccasions sujo (A SEC 16401-16405). HJCP photographed an Micropygia adult individual on 23 October 2009 in a well preserved schomburgkii Ararajuba ata Serr das Serrinhas, Itabirito (20°20’21”campo S, Barnett, J.M. 2000. An extra-limital record of Ocellated Crake from coastal São Paulo, Brazil. 8(2): Áreas141- limpo43°53’40” W – 1,240 m). An additional sight-record was importantes142. para a Conservação das Aves no Brasil: Parte I – Estados obtained on 27 February 2011 by LGM and AP in a Bencke,do Domínio G.A., G.N da. 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