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The Taiamã Ecological Station, a preserved place named after a Pantanal bird, was established in 1981 to protect the area's 11,500 hectares of lush nature. This is a haven for birds, reptiles and mammals like the jaguar. Created to preserve the important ecosystem of the Pantanal in an area where one of the greatest diversity of fauna and flora is found. In addition to the Taiamã Ecological Reserve, there are bays where we also have the chance to see the jaguar and other animals such as ariranha, sucuri, capybaras, guari wolf and birds of various species.

The fauna of the Pantanal is quite diverse: surveys recorded 325 species of fish, 53 amphibians, 98 reptiles, 656 birds and 159 mammals. Alligators, capybaras and jaguars are among the main animals. Also noteworthy are the blue macaw and the tuiuiú (bird symbol of the Pantanal).

The flora of this region is also worth mentioning: in the flooded areas we find grasses, in the intermediate regions small shrubs and undergrowth develop and in the higher regions the landscape is similar to that of the Caatinga with large trees. In the Pantanal it is common to find the presence of vegetal formations like the carandazal, formed by the palms carandá and the buritizal, where they predominate buritis.

The Mato Grosso Pantanal surprises us; each time of year is unique (full river, the ebb of the river and the low river season) and produces diverse landscapes that are worth knowing. Not to mention our beautiful sunset!

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Taiamã Ecological Station is an ecological station in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil.

In the 1970s the Special Secretariat of the Environment under the environmentalist Paulo Nogueira Neto launched a program of estações ecológicas (ecological stations) with the aim of establishing a network of reserves that would protect representative samples of all Brazilian ecosystems. Several stations were created in 1981, of which the Taiamã Ecological Station was the only one in the Pantanal, created by decree on 2 June 1981.

The Taiamã Ecological Station is in the Cáceres and Poconé municipalities of Mato Grosso. It consists of the island of Taiamã, which covers a total area of 11,555 hectares (28,550 acres) and is bordered by the Paraguay and Bracinho rivers. The purpose is to preserve nature and support scientific research.

The station consists mostly of flooded fields, but includes permanent and temporary lakes, ponds and meandering streams, strongly influenced by seasonal fluctuations of the Paraguay River.

The vegetation of the Plantanal is mainly influenced by the Cerrado biome, but also has elements from the Amazon rainforest, Gran Chaco and Atlantic Forest. There are large fields of grass interspersed with areas of forest, and riparian forest along the rivers around the station. Water plants such as water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) provide shelter for fish to lay their eggs. Islands of water hyacinth floating down river during floods transport many animal and plant species. 

The region is notable for its extraordinary concentration and abundance of wildlife.^[3] Migratory birds include vermilion flycatcher (pyrocephalus rubinus), American cliff swallow (hirundo pyrrhonota), barn swallow (hirundo rustica) and purple martin (progne subis).

As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia, with a terrestrial area of 11,200 hectares (28,000 acres). Endangered species in the ecological station include the jaguar (Panthera onca), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) Since 2018 the station has been designated as a protected Ramsar site.

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The Site is located in the core area of one of the largest wetlands on the planet, the Pantanal. Taiamã Ecological Station consists of several rare and representative swamps and marshes known for their extraordinary wildlife, and particularly their fish and birds. One hundred and thirty-one fish species have been identified in the rivers that border the Site, and 237 bird species have been recorded. The rich biodiversity includes populations of threatened species such as the vulnerable marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and the endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis).