Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica da Pedra Talhada) is a federally administered biological reserve in eastern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It contains a remnant of the tropical Atlantic Forest biome.

History

The Pedra Talhada State Park was created in 1985 to protect a representative sample of the remaining Atlantic Forest ecosystem in the Serras of Guaribas, Pedra Talhada and Serra do Cavaleiro. Due to lack of resources, the park was not implemented, and there was no protection against commercial forestry or subsistence cropping and grazing. To address the problem, the Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve was created on 13 December 1989 in the municipalities of

Quebrangulo Quebrangulo (Brazilian Portuguese: Help:IPA/Portuguese, /kebɾɐ̃ˈgulu/) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 11,248 (2020) and its area is 300 km². The ...

in the state of

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

and of

Lagoa do Ouro Lagoa do Ouro (''Golden Pond'') is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, located 263 km west from Recife. History In early 1902, Captain Amador José Monteiro of the Brazilian National Guard presented a manifesto to the Municipal ...

in the state of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

. The reserve covers and is managed by the

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Por ...

Environment

The region has a wet tropical climate with of annual rainfall. Temperatures are around year round. The reserve has a rugged topography, with most of its terrain strongly undulating and hilly. The Lajeado dos Bois, at has the highest elevation of the state of Alagoas. The reserve is in an Atlantic Forest transition zone with xerophilous deciduous forests, trees of and savannah with thorny and deciduous vegetation. As of 2006 the park was still being used for subsistence crops and livestock, with fire used to clear the land and renew the pasture.

Status

As of 2009 the Biological Reserve was a strict nature reserve under

IUCN protected area category IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is par ...

Ia, with a terrestrial area of . Protected bird species are

white-necked hawk The white-necked hawk (''Buteogallus lacernulatus'') is a Vulnerable species of bird of prey in subfamily Accipitrinae, the "true" hawks, of family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Brazil.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claram ...

(Buteogallus lacernulatus),

rufous gnateater The rufous gnateater (''Conopophaga lineata'') is a passerine bird of the gnateater family, Conopophagidae. It is found in forest understory and bushes in eastern Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul north to central Brazil. Its range also extends into ...

(Conopophaga lineata),

scalloped antbird The scalloped antbird (''Myrmoderus ruficauda'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. ...

(Myrmeciza ruficauda), spot-winged wood quail (Odontophorus capueira), golden-spangled piculet (Picumnus exilis) and

Alagoas tyrannulet The Alagoas tyrannulet (''Phylloscartes ceciliae'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by ha ...

(Phylloscartes ceciliae).

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* * * {{Biological reserve (Brazil) Biological reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Alagoas Protected areas of Pernambuco Protected areas of the Atlantic Forest 1989 establishments in Brazil Protected areas established in 1989