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bracho (Paysandú), special
grassland management is provi-
ded to promote the improvement
of the habitat for grassland
birds, particularly chestnut see-
deaters. These birds need tall
pastures to nest and feed. In
2014, again several specimens
were detected in the two mana-
ged sites.
• The areas destined for conserva-
tion of Yatay palm (Butia yatay)
are working effectively. Monito-
ring was carried out of the popu-
lation in the El Ombú area, con-
firming an increase in the popu-
lation of juveniles specimens
compared with 2005.
• In Treinta y Tres (Quiebrayugos
Establishment) we monitored
straight-billed reedhaunter (Lim-
noctites rectirostris) populations
and their environments. This is
an endemic species of this re-
gion, included on the SNAP list
of priority species and which
lives exclusively in the humid
environments of Eryngium pan-
danifolium wetlands.
• We compared the diversity of
arthropods (arachnids), reptiles
and small mammals in between
adjacent planted and unplanted
areas. The diversity of arachnids
was higher than that observed in
other parts of the country and no
significant differences were seen
between the two situations. The
diversity of scarce reptiles and
the captured micromammals
mainly belong to the Cricetidae
(mice) family, belonging to se-
ven of the fifteen species present
in Uruguay, within which the
field mouse (Akodon azarae)
was the most abundant species.
In some of the evaluated para-
meters we observed differences
between the areas studied.
• We detected the presence of cha-
rismatic species such as the Yer-
ba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in
Tacuarembó (Cerro del Arbolito)
and Cerro Largo (Arévalo).
• The known natural distribution
of tree species Trichilia elegans
(Paysandú) and Nectandra an-
gustifolia (Tacuarembó) were
extended.