Panoramic view of cerrado habitat in Brazil.

Cerrado

The denomination of Cerrado habitat has been used widely for the non-forest vegetation that ranges from open grasslands (Campo Sujo) to dense woodlands (Cerradao). Trees and shrubs in these habitats have thick fire-resistant barks, twisted trunks and limbs, and large thick leaves.

The cerrado habitat encompasses nearly 2 million square kilometers in central Brazil, adjacent eastern Bolivia, and northeastern Paraguay. Cerrado habitat occurs alongside semi-deciduous tropical forest at the southern periphery of Amazonian Brazil.

Cerrado habitat in Brazil.

 

Reference:

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Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. Stotz Douglas F., Fitzpatrick John W., Parker Theodore A. III, and Moskovits Debra K. University of Chicago Press, 1996.