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FLORES, Eliana I.. Conservation and the avian community in the Solivian Chiquitanía. Ecología en Bolivia [online]. 1995, n.25, pp.71-86.  Epub 30-Oct-1995. ISSN 1605-2528.

This paper is a contribution to the knowledge of the avian community of the Bolivian Chiquitania. Problems for bird conservation were identified and several actions for their protection proposed. The survey of the birds was made near the town of San Rafael (60° 15’ and 16° 40') in the prov. Velasco, Dpto. of Santa Cruz, also near to the town of Concepción (62° 00' and 16° 10') in the prov. Ñuflo de Chavez, this región is known as the Bolivian Chiquitania. The following species not previously recorded in that area were observed in the forest: Odontophorus specious, Leptotila verreauxi, Pyrrhura rodogaster, Melanotrochilus fuscus, Nystalus maculatus and Hylophilus poicilotis. The results indicate that the forest at San Rafael is a Chaco type forest while the forest at Concepción is an amazonian type forest, whereas both have elements of Cerrado vegetation. The same pattem is followed by the avian communities, so I concluded that the study area is a mosaic of vegetation and transition zone between Amazonia, Chaco and Cerrado. Although most of the birds have a large range of distribution outside Chiquitania, the forest community is unique, therefore its conservation should be a priority. The following measures for habitat conservation are proposed: counterbalance of the forest as a touristic atraction against the timber value, support the creation of a protected area at Lomerío, implement an environmental education program, enforce fire control policies and introduce a rational colonization program.

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