Araripe manakin
Found only here.
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The Araripe National Forest, known as «FLONA Araripe», was the first national forest created in Brazil, by a decree of 2 May 1946, to protect one of the most biodiverse forests in the Northeast. It now covers some thirty-nine thousand hectares on the Chapada do Araripe plateau, at 840 to 920 metres above sea level, near the border with Pernambuco. Up on the plateau the climate is far milder than in the surrounding semi-arid lands, with temperatures between 15 and 25 °C. The dominant vegetation is «cerradão», a tall savanna woodland, with transition belts blending features of Atlantic Forest, cerrado and caatinga. Surveys have recorded 88 bird species, most famously the Araripe manakin, a small red-crowned bird found nowhere else in the world. Run by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, the forest is open to research, tourism, recreation and environmental education, and lies close to Crato and Barbalha, making it a good half-day nature outing.
Found only here.
A mild climate.
Tall savanna woodland.
Chapada do Araripe plateau, Crato, Barbalha, Jardim and Santana do Cariri municipalities, Ceará
The Araripe manakin, found only in this region.