Tupinambás Ecological Station
Marine ecological station in São Paulo State, Brazil
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Tupinambás Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica Tupinambás) is a marine ecological station in and around the Alcatrazes archipelago off the coast in São Paulo State, Brazil.
| Tupinambás Ecological Station | |
|---|---|
| Estação Ecológica Tupinambás | |
 Location within Brazil | |
| Nearest city | Guarujá, São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 24.08°S 45.73°W |
| Area | 2,464 hectares (6,090 acres) |
| Designation | Ecological station |
| Created | 20 July 1987 |
History
The Tupinambás Ecological Station is a Federal conservation area covering 2,464 hectares (6,090 acres) administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It was created on 20 July 1987.[1] It consists of the Paredão island between about 24°04' and 24°05' S and 45°43' and 45°44' W, the islets of Abatipossanga, Guaratingaçu, Carimacuí and Cunhambebe between about 24°06' and 24°07' S and 45°42' and 45°43' W, and other islets and rocks, and the sea within a radius of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from their surf. It is in the São Sebastião and Ubatuba municipalities of São Paulo State.[2]
Status
As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.[3] Migratory species include royal tern (Sterna maxima), spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), South American tern (Sterna hirundinacea), white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Cape petrel (Daption capense), wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus), ultramarine grosbeak (Passerina brissonii), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), great shearwater (Puffinus gravis), black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei),[4] common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) and giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris).[2]
Endemic critically endangered land species include the pit viper Bothrops alcatraz and the frogs Cycloramphus faustoi and Scinax alcatraz.[2]