Tupinambás Ecological Station


Tupinambás Ecological Station is a marine ecological station in and around the Alcatrazes archipelago off the coast in São Paulo State, Brazil.

History

The Tupinambás Ecological Station is a Federal conservation area covering administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
It was created on 20 July 1987.
It consists of the Paredão island between about 24°04' and 24°05' S and 45°43' and 45°44' W, the islets of Abatipossanga, Guaratingaçu, Carimacuí and Cunhambebe between about 24°06' and 24°07' S and 45°42' and 45°43' W, and other islets and rocks, and the sea within a radius of from their surf.
It is in the São Sebastião and Ubatuba municipalities of São Paulo State.

Status

As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.
Migratory species include royal tern, spotted sandpiper, South American tern, white-rumped sandpiper, Cape petrel, wandering albatross, Wilson's storm petrel, Magellanic penguin, orange-breasted falcon, ultramarine grosbeak, peregrine falcon, great shearwater, black-browed albatross, humpback whale, Bryde's whale, common minke whale, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross and giant oceanic manta ray.
Endemic critically endangered land species include the pit viper Bothrops alcatraz and the frogs Cycloramphus faustoi and Scinax alcatraz.