Feira de Santana

History

The St-Anne-of-the-Fountains Plantation was established in the 18th century by Domingos Barbosa de Araujo and his wife Anna Brandoa. Located at the edge of Bahia's "backcountry" (), it became a center for the cowboys on their way from the pastures there to the port of Cachoeira. The cowboys' practice of starting annual fires to clear old brush eventually worsened the area's natural aridity to the point where the cattle industry collapsed, but by then Brazilians and foreigners had begun adopting the area as their home. A city began to develop with wide streets which were bordered by commercial houses serving the area's growing population. It was incorporated as the second city in Bahia after the capital and the 31st in the entirety of colonial Brazil. Today, Feira de Santana remains the second largest city in Bahia and an important stopping point for travelers.

Most-observed species

• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  159
• Tropical Kingbird

  Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  155
• Masked Water-Tyrant

  Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  154
• Chalk-browed Mockingbird

  Mimus saturninus (Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
  153
• Southern Caracara

  Caracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves
  152
• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  152
• Rufous Hornero

  Furnarius rufus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  152
• Bananaquit

  Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  151