Corumbaíba

History

The history of Corumbaíba has its roots in a legend. According to popular belief there lived a white wolf in the region, called Galga. It used to howl frequently. Whoever saw this wolf would have good luck. Manoel Cândido das Neves, an important rancher in the region, allegedly saw the wolf and, thanking his luck, had a chapel built in the name of Bom Jesus da Cana Verde. The settlement began around this chapel. Manoel Cândido donated a large area for the town to be built. The village was first called Arraial dos Cupins and later Arraial dos Paulistas. In 1909 it was called Vila Corumbaíba, because it was bathed by the Corumbá and the Paranaíba rivers. In 1912 it became a municipality, separating from Catalão. Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070115162332/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/ Sepin]

Most-observed species

• Savanna Hawk

  Buteogallus meridionalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2
• Southern Caracara

  Caracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves
  2
• Bare-faced Curassow

  Crax fasciolata Spix, 1825 · Aves
  2
• Dynamine mylitta Cramer, 1782

  Dynamine mylitta Cramer, 1782 · Insecta
  1
• orb weavers

  Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) · Arachnida
  1
• Brazilian tapir

  Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  1
• Planalto Hermit

  Phaethornis pretrei (R.Lesson & Delattre, 1839) · Aves
  1
• Small-billed Tinamou

  Crypturellus parvirostris (Wagler, 1827) · Aves
  1