Raso da Catarina Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Raso da Catarina) is a strictly protected ecological station in the state of

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

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 lies in the Raso da Catarina ecoregion of the

Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

biome.

Location

The ecological station in the

biome, which covers , was created on 11 October 2001. It is administered 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 ...

. The reserve is classified as

International Union for Conservation of Nature The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of nat ...

(IUCN) category Ia (strict nature reserve). The reserve covers parts of the municipalities of Rodelas,

Paulo Afonso Paulo Afonso is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It was founded in 1958. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso. The city is served by Paulo Afonso Airport. The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina ecoregion. T ...

and

Jeremoabo Jeremoabo is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina ecoregion. The municipality contains the Cocorobó Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1 ...

in Bahia. It is bounded to the south by the

Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina Environmental Protection Area The Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina) is an environmental protection area in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Its sandstone cliffs are home to the endanger ...

, created in 2001. It became part of the Caatinga Ecological Corridor, created in May 2006.

Purpose

The purpose is to conserve nature and support scientific research. Specifically the purpose is to conserve the endemic and/or endangered species

Lear's macaw Lear's macaw (''Anodorhynchus leari''), also known as the indigo macaw, is a large all-blue Brazilian parrot, a member of a large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. It was first described by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856. Lear's ma ...

(''Anodorhynchus leari''), three-banded armadillo (''Tolypeutes tricinctus''), white-browed guan (''Penelope jacucaca''), yellow-faced siskin (''Spinus yaerrellii''), pectoral antwren (''Herpsilochmus pectoralis'') and cougar (''Puma concolor greeni'').

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* * * * {{authority control Ecological stations of Brazil Protected areas of Bahia Protected areas established in 2001 2001 establishments in Brazil Caatinga