Descoberta oficialmente em 2013, essa espécie endêmica vive em uma faixa restrita entre os rios Madeira, Aripuanã e Roosevelt. Seu nome homenageia o líder seringueiro Chico Mendes, símbolo da luta pela preservação da floresta.

Chico’s Tyrannulet is a frugivorous, quiet bird with selective habitat preferences. It lives in nutrient-poor soils, where vegetation takes years to recover after deforestation. And it’s precisely this dependence on campinarana ecosystems that puts it at risk: expanding agriculture and wildfires have been destroying its home before we’ve had the chance to fully understand it.

The Terra da Gente report is both a warning and a celebration — of science, biodiversity, and the memory of those who fought to protect it.