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    6°00′00″S 40°00′00″W / 6.0000°S 40.0000°W / -6.0000; -40.0000 Caatinga (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaaˈtʃĩɡɐ]) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation...
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    The Caatinga puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is endemic to Brazil...
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    element the exposure to the humid winds that blow from the ocean. The Caatinga has dry soils and its vegetation is formed by palm trees, such as buriti...
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    The Caatinga cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to...
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    in the Caatinga (Portuguese: Centro de Instrução e Operações na Caatinga - CIOpC) is an establishment dedicated to the formation of the Caatinga Combatant of...
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    The Caatinga parakeet (Eupsittula cactorum), also called the cactus parakeet and in aviculture the cactus conure, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae...
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    with the UEBT's support. In collaboration with the local NGO Associação Caatinga, the Initiative has created a manual of good practices for the sector and...
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    The Caatinga enclaves moist forests is an ecoregion of the Tropical moist forests Biome, and the South American Atlantic Forest biome. It is located in...
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    Spix's macaw (category Birds of the Caatinga)
    woodland galleries in the drainage basin of the Rio São Francisco within the Caatinga dry forest climate of interior northeastern Brazil. It had a very restricted...
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    Campinarana (redirect from Amazon caatinga)
    field". Other terms for Campinarana are called "heath forest" or "Rio Negro caatinga". Regiões Fitoecológicas – Campinarana – Ambiente Brasil. Sears. Rio Negro...
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    The Caatinga antwren (Radinopsyche sellowi) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic...
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    humid forest on Tobago, and T. d. capistratus, which primarily inhabits caatinga and restinga in eastern Brazil. In eastern Colombia the species often occurs...
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  • The Caatinga horned frog (Ceratophrys joazeirensis) is a species of frog in the family Ceratophryidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are...
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    The rufous gnateater (Conopophaga lineata) is a passerine bird of the gnateater family, Conopophagidae. It is found in forest understory and bushes in...
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    Bothrops erythromelas, commonly known as the Caatinga lancehead or the jararaca-da-seca, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. It is...
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  • Euterpe mollissima Barb. Rodr. Euterpe catinga var. aurantiaca Drude Euterpe caatinga Spruce Euterpe mollissima Spruce Euterpe controversa Barb. Rodr. Euterpe...
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    species in the Caatinga habitats. Many birds feed on the fruit, like the "gralha-cancã" and the "periquito-da-caatinga" from Brazilian caatinga. A thorn-less...
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    metres (23 and 26 ft) tall. Caatinga is considered a xeric shrubland and thorn forest, but contains the ecoregion Caatinga Enclaves moist forests that...
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    Name State Biome Created Area (ha) Açu Rio Grande do Norte Caatinga 2001 225 Açungui Paraná Atlantic Forest 1968 490 Altamira Pará Amazon 1998 725,406...
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    The Caatinga River is a river of Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. List of rivers of Minas Gerais Map from Ministry of Transport Rand McNally...
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    Northeast Brazil is largely covered in a scrubby upland forest called caatingas, from the Tupi language, meaning white forest, since leaves fall during...
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    August 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2008. "CPD: South America, Site SA19, Caatinga of North-eastern Brazil, Brazil". Botany.si.edu. Archived from the original...
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    bands on its tail. Other names it was given include "Bahia Nighthawk" and "Caatinga Nighthawk" although not completely inappropriate due to the fact that they...
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  • This is a list of plants found in the wild in Caatinga vegetation of Brazil. Anisacanthus brasiliensis Lindau Anisacanthus trilobus Lindau Lophostachys...
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    Brazilian ornamental tree and medicinal plant native to the cerrado and caatinga ecoregions in Brazil, South America. This tree reaches up to 15 meters...
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  • The Caatinga Ecological Corridor (Portuguese: Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga) is an ecological corridor in the caatinga biome of northeast Brazil. The...
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    create an agroforest in Caatinga. In 2020, Viliam Mauritz opened a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to fund the 5th Step in Caatinga. By November 2022, Alvaro's...
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  • Apostolepis cearensis, the Caatinga blackhead or Gomes's burrowing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Brazil. Silveira...
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    (Celeus obrieni), also known as the Piauí woodpecker and previously as the caatinga woodpecker, is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker...
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    Ocelot (category Fauna of the Caatinga)
    The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches 40–50 cm (15.7–19.7 in) at the shoulders and weighs between 7 and 15.5 kg...
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