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Serra do Itajaí National Park

National Park · Brazil

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ABOUT

Where the Atlantic rainforest rises steeply from the coastal plains of Santa Catarina, Serra do Itajaí National Park spreads across 1,136 square kilometres of montane wilderness that ranks among Brazil's most biodiverse landscapes. The park's defining character emerges from its dramatic topography: sharp ridgelines clad in dense primary and secondary forest, deep river valleys carved through granite bedrock, and an intricate mosaic of forest types responding to sharp elevation gradients and the region's humid subtropical climate. At lower elevations, broadleaf rainforest dominates, rich with epiphytes and dripping with year-round moisture; higher slopes transition into montane cloud forest where mist clings to the canopy and visibility often disappears entirely. This vertical complexity creates distinct ecological niches that support an abundance of forest birds, small and medium-sized mammals adapted to closed-canopy life, amphibians concentrated near streams and seeps, and arboreal reptiles. The park's rivers and streams sustain their own communities of aquatic vertebrates, while insects and arthropods—the true foundation of this ecosystem's food webs—achieve staggering diversity within the leaf litter and lower strata.

Website icmbio.gov.br/portal/biodiversidade/unidades-de-conservacao/biomas-brasileiros/mata-atlantica/unidades-de-conservacao-mata-atlantica/2194-parna-da-serra-do-itajai.html

Email mailtoparnaserradoitaja@sc.gov.br

WILDLIFE

Yellow-legged Thrush

Turdus flavipes

Chiroxiphia caudata

Green-headed Tanager

Tangara seledon

Violet-capped Woodnymph

Thalurania glaucopis

Slaty-breasted Wood Rail

Aramides saracura

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Crescent-chested Puffbird

Malacoptila striata

Red-breasted Toucan

Ramphastos dicolorus

Spot-billed Toucanet

Selenidera maculirostris

Sicalis flaveola

Maroon-bellied Parakeet

Pyrrhura frontalis

Solitary Tinamou

Tinamus solitarius

Grey-capped Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias griseocapilla

Rufous-bellied Thrush

Turdus rufiventris

Ruby-crowned Tanager

Tachyphonus coronatus

Yellow-fronted Woodpecker

Melanerpes flavifrons

Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

Blond-crested Woodpecker

Celeus flavescens

Riverbank Warbler

Myiothlypis rivularis

Ochre-collared Piculet

Picumnus temminckii

Spot-backed Antshrike

Hypoedaleus guttatus

Hooded Berryeater

Carpornis cucullata

Azure-shouldered Tanager

Thraupis cyanoptera

Pitangus sulphuratus

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Furnarius rufus

Passer domesticus

Coereba flaveola

Coragyps atratus

Red-necked Tanager

Tangara cyanocephala

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Violaceous Euphonia

Euphonia violacea

Brotogeris tirica

Rufous-margined Antwren

Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Glittering-throated Emerald

Chionomesa fimbriata

Sombre Hummingbird

Eupetomena cirrochloris

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Plain-winged Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla turdina

Black-goggled Tanager

Trichothraupis melanops

Amazonetta brasiliensis

Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Lochmias nematura

Black-capped Foliage-gleaner

Philydor atricapillus

White-eyed Foliage-gleaner

Automolus leucophthalmus

Tufted Antshrike

Mackenziaena severa

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Bare-throated Bellbird

Procnias nudicollis

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia pectoralis

Olive-green Tanager

Orthogonys chloricterus

Creamy-bellied Thrush

Turdus amaurochalinus

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Tachybaptus dominicus

Rufous-thighed Kite

Harpagus diodon

East Brazilian Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium minutissimum

White-spotted Woodpecker

Veniliornis spilogaster

Rufous-breasted Leaftosser

Sclerurus scansor

Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia lichtensteini

Spix's Spinetail

Synallaxis spixi

Black-cheeked Gnateater

Conopophaga melanops

White-breasted Tapaculo

Eleoscytalopus indigoticus

Grey-hooded Flycatcher

Mionectes rufiventris

White-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus

Rufous-tailed Attila

Attila phoenicurus

Rufous-headed Tanager

Hemithraupis ruficapilla

Green-winged Saltator

Saltator similis

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

Crypturellus obsoletus

Tataupa Tinamou

Crypturellus tataupa

Rusty-margined Guan

Penelope superciliaris

Dusky-legged Guan

Penelope obscura

Spot-winged Wood Quail

Odontophorus capueira

Chaetura meridionalis

Florisuga fusca

Saw-billed Hermit

Ramphodon naevius

Dusky-throated Hermit

Phaethornis squalidus

Scale-throated Hermit

Phaethornis eurynome

Heliodoxa rubricauda

Purple-crowned Plovercrest

Stephanoxis loddigesii

White-throated Hummingbird

Leucochloris albicollis

Smooth-billed Ani

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas plumbea

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

Buff-necked Ibis

Theristicus caudatus

Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

Sarcoramphus papa

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus melanoleucus

Ictinia plumbea

Rupornis magnirostris

Pseudastur polionotus

Trogon surrucura

Atlantic Black-throated Trogon

Trogon chrysochloros

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Rufous-capped Motmot

Baryphthengus ruficapillus

Buff-bellied Puffbird

Notharchus swainsoni

Rusty-breasted Nunlet

Nonnula rubecula

Saffron Toucanet

Pteroglossus bailloni

Yellow-browed Woodpecker

Piculus aurulentus

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

Colaptes campestris

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Pileated Parrot

Pionopsitta pileata

Blue-bellied Parrot

Triclaria malachitacea

Scaly-headed Parrot

Pionus maximiliani

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus xanthopterygius

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Planalto Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes platyrostris

White-throated Woodcreeper

Xiphocolaptes albicollis

Lesser Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus fuscus

Black-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus falcularius

Scalloped Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes falcinellus

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilans

White-collared Foliage-gleaner

Anabazenops fuscus

Pale-browed Treehunter

Cichlocolaptes leucophrus

White-browed Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia amaurotis

Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner

Olive Spinetail

Cranioleuca obsoleta

Rufous-capped Spinetail

Synallaxis ruficapilla

Unicolored Antwren

Myrmotherula unicolor

Streak-capped Antwren

Terenura maculata

Star-throated Antwren

Rhopias gularis

Spot-breasted Antvireo

Dysithamnus stictothorax

Dysithamnus mentalis

Variable Antshrike

Thamnophilus caerulescens

White-bearded Antshrike

Biatas nigropectus

Ferruginous Antbird

Drymophila ferruginea

Bertoni's Antbird

Drymophila rubricollis

Ochre-rumped Antbird

Drymophila ochropyga

Dusky-tailed Antbird

Drymophila malura

Squamate Antbird

Myrmoderus squamosus

White-shouldered Fire-eye

Pyriglena leucoptera

Short-tailed Antthrush

Chamaeza campanisona

Rufous-tailed Antthrush

Chamaeza ruficauda

Variegated Antpitta

Grallaria varia

Speckle-breasted Antpitta

Cryptopezus nattereri

Rufous Gnateater

Conopophaga lineata

Spotted Bamboowren

Psilorhamphus guttatus

Mouse-colored Tapaculo

Scytalopus speluncae

Wing-barred Piprites

Piprites chloris

Black-capped Piprites

Piprites pileata

Greenish Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias virescens

Planalto Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias fasciatus

Small-billed Elaenia

Elaenia parvirostris

Olivaceous Elaenia

Elaenia mesoleuca

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Sooty Tyrannulet

Serpophaga nigricans

White-crested Tyrannulet

Serpophaga subcristata

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes ventralis

Oustalet's Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes oustaleti

Bran-colored Flycatcher

Myiophobus fasciatus

Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

Hemitriccus obsoletus

Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant

Hemitriccus orbitatus

Eared Pygmy Tyrant

Myiornis auricularis

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps

Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum poliocephalum

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Fuscous Flycatcher

Cnemotriccus fuscatus

Southern Tropical Pewee

Contopus cinereus

Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant

Muscipipra vetula

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Variegated Flycatcher

Empidonomus varius

Sibilant Sirystes

Sirystes sibilator

Swainson's Flycatcher

Myiarchus swainsoni

Grey-hooded Attila

Cinnamon-vented Piha

Lipaugus lanioides

Pin-tailed Manakin

Ilicura militaris

Black-tailed Tityra

Greenish Schiffornis

Schiffornis virescens

Chestnut-crowned Becard

Pachyramphus castaneus

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Pachyramphus validus

Oxyruncus cristatus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Rufous-crowned Greenlet

Hylophilus poicilotis

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher

Polioptila lactea

Rusty-flanked Thrush

Turdus albicollis

Pale-breasted Thrush

Turdus leucomelas

Spinus magellanicus

Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia cyanea

Green-chinned Euphonia

Euphonia chalybea

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Golden-winged Cacique

Cacicus chrysopterus

Molothrus bonariensis

Chopi Blackbird

Gnorimopsar chopi

Yellow-rumped Marshbird

Pseudoleistes guirahuro

Southern Yellowthroat

Geothlypis velata

Tropical Parula

Setophaga pitiayumi

Red-crowned Ant Tanager

Orchesticus abeillei

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Black-throated Grosbeak

Saltator fuliginosus

Sooty Grassquit

Asemospiza fuliginosa

Chestnut-headed Tanager

Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma

Haplospiza unicolor

Fawn-breasted Tanager

Pipraeidea melanonota

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Rauenia bonariensis

Thraupis sayaca

Golden-chevroned Tanager

Thraupis ornata

Thraupis palmarum

Chestnut-backed Tanager

Stilpnia preciosa

Brassy-breasted Tanager

Tangara desmaresti

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

White-necked Hawk

Buteogallus lacernulatus

White-rumped Swallow

Tachycineta leucorrhoa

Brown-chested Martin

Greater Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Southern Long-nosed Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

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COMMUNITY

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Natural environment

Serra do Itajaí National Park

Generally mild conditions, with noticeable seasonal changes.

Usual climateHumid temperate with hot summersUpland · Lowland

Average annual temperature 17.8 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 544 m Upland

Climate pattern Humid temperate with hot summers Also: Humid temperate with mild summers

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · July 13.5 °C Monthly maximum · February 21.9 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

544 m · Upland

Average terrain elevation estimate across the hotspot; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

544 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

Upland

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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