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Trophic structure of bird community of Reserva Estadual de Gurjaú, Zona da Mata Sul, Pernambuco State, Brazil

The study of trophic structure of birds community from Gurjaú Estadual Reserve (8º14'S, 35º03'W) has involved 225 bird species, from that 220 registered by observation and capture, four by interview with native people from surrounding area and one in the ornithological collection of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. The groups with the higher number of species were Tyrannidae (N = 43) and Emberizidae (N = 36). Concerning the guilds, insectivorous (N = 99) and omnivorous (N = 59) were the most representative among the especies.

Atlantic Rain Forest; bird ecology


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