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expedition, besides the specimens collected, the highlight of the work was the description of the subspecies
Xiphorhynchus guttatus gracilirostris,(Buff throated woodpecker).
In the 1950s, the two most important scientific expeditions were known as “The scientific expedition
to the State of Alagoas,” and another organized by the Zoology Department of São Paulo’s Secretariat of Agriculture.
These expeditions were organized by Olivério Pinto. The first expedition was in 1951 and the second
in 1952. These expeditions were important because Alagoas up until that point was one of the least explored
Brazilian states in ornithological terms.
At the end of the 1950s (57/58), Olivério Pinto led new expeditions to the northeast. Camargo Andrade
and Emílio Dente were part of this expedition. One of these took place in the northeast region of Bahia in 1958
and resulted in a list of 143 species. It was said the purpose of the expedition was to verify the existence of the
Cyanopsitta spixii e Anodorhynchus leari macaws, something that did not occur.
In his study of Brazilian humming birds, Grantsau passed through the Chapada Diamantina region four
times: 1965, 1974, 1975 and 2003. During these campaigns, he collected 12 species of humming birds.
From 1970 to 2000, of particular distinction is the work of Sick et al. (1987). When the A. leari breeding
grounds were discovered, Sick and his collaborators made an inventory of the ornitho-fauna presence in
the municipalities of Canudos and Jeremoabo and registered 132 species.
Olmos (1992) registered 208 bird species in the Serra de Capivara National Park, and this was the most
important publication about the birds of the Piauí backlands.
Souto e Hazin (1995) reported 338 bird species for the Caatinga biome.
Parrini et al (1999) presented a list of 359 species in the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia. It’s
important to note that there are various ecosystems within the Chapada Diamantina. such as savanna, rocky
terrain, rainforest and caatinga.
In 1997, Grantsau and Lima explored the Caatinga in the municipality of Teofilândia in search of humming
birds and representatives of the Formicariidae family.
Neves et al (1999) compiled a list of 146 species on the Tamanduá farm in the municipality of Santa
Terezinha, in Piranhas located in the backlands of Paraiba state.
Fiúza (1999), using historical summaries and bibliographical sources, registered 283 species for the
Caatinga biome in Bahia. Many of the species included in these registers belonged to other biomes, areas of
transition and enclaves. 37 species were reported that are considered as being from enclave areas. Tem species
typically found in savanna areas were found in transition zones. 30 are reported in dense Forest enclaves,
nine species were listed as non-aquatic visiting species; seven species were reported in rocky enclaves. Fiúza
(1999), even listed 57 species dependent on aquatic environments.
Nascimento (2000) presented an inventory of the ornitho-fauna of Aiuaba in the state of Ceará and
Seridó in Rio Grande do Norte. 154 species are reported in the first inventory, 116 for the second.
Casteleti (2000) summarized the principal locales of the Caatinga biome where studies of the