Urban bird fauna of Tramandaí and Imbé beaches, north coast, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Abstract

This paper examines a list of 27 bird species, observed during 31 months, in the urban areas of Tramandaí and Imbé beaches, Rio Grande do Sul’s north coast, Brazil. During the sampling it was possible to observe the reduction in the number of habitats and consequently the decrease in the number of species. The best-represented order was the Passeriformes, with 16 families on the list. It was also possible to observe the presence of summer visitor-species