Filling gaps in the distribution of Atlantic Forest birds in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni1, Marcelo Ferreira de ME-66 and Sony ECM-674 microphones. Copies of these Vasconcelos1, Alyne Perillo1, Rodrigo Morais1, recordings have been deposited in the Arquivo Sonoro Prof. Gustavo Bernardino Malacco2, Carlos Eduardo Ribas Elias Coelho (ASEC), Departamento de Zoologia, Universi- Tameirão Benfica3 & Frederico Innecco Alves Garcia1 dade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at Xeno-canto (XC: www.xeno-canto.org). Specimens were col- Introduction lected using mist-nets and rifles under IBAMA permit numbers Even if an area has been extensively sampled, researchers 079/99, 117/2000, 197/2001, 192/2002, 207/2003, 201/2005, must bear in mind that its avifauna will never be completely 015/2007, 007/2008, 564/2009, 594/2009, 864/2009, known (Remsen 1994). This is particularly true for the state 909/2009, 411/2011; and SISBio permit numbers 14496-3 of Minas Gerais, which harbors approximately 800 species of and 28301-1. Voucher specimens were deposited in the orni- birds (Mattos et al. 1993, Fundação Biodiversitas 2007, En- thological collections of the Museu de Ciências Naturais da drigo & Silveira 2013). In recent years, several papers have Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (MCNA), been published concerning range extensions and noteworthy and of the Departamento de Zoologia da Universidade Federal bird records for this state (e.g., Kirwan et al. 2001, Raposo et de Minas Gerais (DZUFMG), both in Belo Horizonte, Minas al. 2002, Vasconcelos et al. 2006, Luiz et al. 2006, Firme et Gerais, Brazil. Taxonomic nomenclature and order follow the al. 2008, Lopes et al. 2010, Lombardi et al. 2012, Mazzoni et Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee (Piacentini et al. al. 2012, Valério et al. 2015). Notwithstanding these records, 2015). The conservation status of threatened species was based basic knowledge on the distribution of many species remains on global (IUCN 2015), national (MMA 2014) and state (CO- obscure, and this type of information is essential for conserva- PAM 2010) lists. Data deficient and near threatened species tion (Bibby et al. 1992, Develey & Goerck 2009). For this re- were searched, respectively, in Fundação Biodiversitas (2007), ason, almost 10% of the bird species in Minas Gerais are con- for the state of Minas Gerais, and IUCN (2015), concerning sidered to be data deficient,i.e. , current knowledge available is global status. not sufficient for an assessment of their extinction risk facing the criteria adopted in the last review of threatened species in Species accounts this state (Fundação Biodiversitas 2007). Herein, we present East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan (Spix, 1825) new data on the geographic distribution of 29 species that are This cracid is currently considered as data deficient in Mi- either endemic or are associated with the Atlantic Forest in the nas Gerais (Fundação Biodiversitas 2007). Between 23-27 state of Minas Gerais. We also present information about novel November 2000, and 9-15 January 2001, MFV observed and specimens which are rare or little represented in ornithological tape-recorded several groups in two forest fragments located collections. in the municipalities of São Pedro do Suaçuí (18o24’33”S; 42o32’04”W, 610 m) and Peçanha (18o21’07”S; 42o31’29”W, Methods 585 m), eastern Minas Gerais. LGM photographed and tape-re- The records presented in this paper were obtained during corded the species in two localities within Conceição do Mato field work by the authors in the state of Minas Gerais between Dentro and Dom Joaquim municipalities on 20 and 30 Janua- the years 1998 and 2015. Detailed information on each record, ry 2011, respectively. At the first, small groups of individuals as well as geographic coordinates and altitude, are presen- were recorded in dense scrubs next to the eastern slope of Serra ted in the species accounts, below. Coordinates and altitude do Sapo (18o54’18”S; 43o24’25”W, 690 m) and around a small were obtained in the field using a GPS and from the softwa- farm north of the district of São Sebastião do Bom Sucesso re Google EarthTM (http://www.google.com/earth/download/ (18o54’30”S; 43o24’18”W, 700 m). In Dom Joaquim, a couple ge/). Coordinates of records obtained from the literature or was observed in a semideciduous forest fragment at Fazenda from museum specimens collected by others were based on the Estiva (18o53’50”S; 43o19’18”W, 650 m). A road-killed speci- Brazilian Ornithological Gazetteer (Paynter & Traylor 1991). men (MCNA-4762 – Figure 1), collected by M. F. O. Passos Birds were identified using binoculars, by their vocalizations, on 9 October 2013, was found close to the Anglo-Ferrous Mine and, whenever possible, they were photographed and/or tape- (18º51’24’’S; 43º25’20’’W, 675 m), Conceição do Mato Den- -recorded. Sound-recordings were made with Sony PCM-M10, tro. GBM also tape-recorded this species on 11 October 2006 Tascam DR40 and Sony TCM-5000 recorders and Sennheiser in a semideciduous forest in Fazenda Arruda (18o50’08”S; Atualidades Ornitológicas, 190, março e abril de 2016 - www.ao.com.br 33 ro do Pilar municipality. AP and T. Souza recorded O. capueira in two localities at Conceição do Mato Dentro municipality: on 15 November 2010, a group was heard and tape-recorded (XC-293172) at the border of a semideciduous forest frag- ment on the western slope of Serra da Ferrugem (19o05’25”S; 43o23’21”W, 710 m). On 18 November 2010, another group was heard and tape-recorded from dense scrubs on the border of a semideciduous forest fragment near the district of Meloso (19o03’00”S; 43o21’24”W, 720 m). A local farmer reported that this species used to be much more common in the region seve- ral years ago, but it has become very rare nowadays, probably due to hunting and deforestation. Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 This uncommon cuckoo has a patchy and discontinuous Figure 1. Specimen of East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis aracuan distribution (Payne 1997, 2005) and has only recently been (MCNA-4762) found dead on a road in Conceição do discovered in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (Albuquerque Mato Dentro municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni. 1996) and Santa Catarina (Azevedo & Ghizoni-Jr 2005). It was 43o24’26”W, 684 m), Alvorada de Minas municipality, near mentioned from Minas Gerais by Mattos et al. (1993), without MG-010 road. Between 12-17 January and 19-23 June 2010, a precise locality, and by Ribon et al. (2003) from forest frag- and 12-16 January 2011, this species was recorded by LGM, ments of the Viçosa region. MFV heard this species on 24 July AP and RM along riparian thickets and forests on both banks 1998 and 24 June 2011 in a secondary forest at Fazenda Bo- of Rio Guanhães (18o59’54”S; 42o56’53”W, 590 m), Dores de caina (19o59’49”S; 43o28’27”W, 835 m), a small farm near the Guanhães municipality, and Rio Corrente Grande (18o53’34”S; district of Sumidouro, Santa Bárbara municipality. One indivi- 42o43’16”W, 690 m, tape-recording XC-189706), Virginópolis dual was heard early at dawn by LGM on 28 August 2009 in municipality. a semidecidous forest near the district of Cocais (19o53’18”S; The East Brazilian Chacalaca was relatively common in the 43o26’19”W, 838 m), Barão de Cocais municipality. LGM and sampled localities described above, all of them located in the AP recorded the species on 7 and 8 August 2009, when an indi- upper Rio Doce basin, a region where the Atlantic Forest was vidual was attracted to playback, photographed (Figure 2) and severely degraded and fragmented. These records represent a tape-recorded (XC-293175) in the foothills of Serra da Pie- range extension of over 120 km to the south in relation to the dade (19o51’16”S; 43o47’51”W, 930 m), Sabará municipality. nearest published locality, which is São Domingos (17o53’S; On this occasion, the species was seen in the dense understory 42o59’W) (Pinto 1952, Paynter & Traylor 1991). Elsewhere, of an abandoned Eucalyptus plantation, amongst dense entan- at the Rio Pardo basin, in northeastern Minas Gerais, MFV glements of vines and lianas. This record extends its range c. observed and heard vocalizations of the species between 1-3 135 km to the northwest in relation to the Viçosa municipality. September 2001, 5-10 December 2006, and 27-28 December On 23 August 2010, LGM and AP tape-recorded D. pavoninus 2007, in the foothills of Serra do Pau D’Arco (15°03’27”S; near the district of Santa Rita Durão (20o10’39”S; 43o27’35”W, 42°39’28”W, 965 m), Santo Antônio do Retiro municipality. 922 m), Mariana municipality. The bird responded to playback The vegetation of this area consists of a transitional forest of and remained singing even after twilight. The vegetation of arboreal caatinga, cerradão and Atlantic Forest. Apart from this area was much similar to that of Sabará. An additional these records, this species is known to occur in the eastern record was obtained on 10 October 2011, when one individual Espinhaço Range, at Acauã Ecological Station, Leme do Pra- was heard by LGM, MFV and E. C. Dutra at the main road of do municipality (17°08’S; 42°44’W, 940 m) (Vasconcelos & D’Angelo Neto 2007). Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira (Spix, 1825) This species is considered endangered in Minas Gerais (COPAM 2010). Recent state records were from the eastern slopes of Serra do Cipó (Carrara & Faria 2012), in Araucaria forest fragments in the Serra da Mantiqueira (Vasconcelos & D’Angelo Neto 2009), at Acauã Ecological Station, Leme do Prado and Turmalina municipalities (Vasconcelos & D’Angelo Neto 2007, Carrara et al.