Jundiaí

Sister cities

• Iwakuni

History

The locally most-accepted history of the first non-native American colonizers of the locale were Rafael de Oliveira and Petronilha Rodrigues Antunes who fled São Paulo for political reasons and who in 1615 then founded what became known as the Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Desterro ("The Parish of Our Lady of the Landless")." The city received massive numbers of Italian immigrants in the late 19th century and early 20th century, making most of the city's inhabitants of Italian descent, which constitutes about 75% of the city's population. Amongst other immigrant groups, there are: Portuguese, Spanish, German and small amounts of Hungarian and Slavic peoples. Recently, Jundiaí has enjoyed a steep population growth, in large part fueled by a shift of residents from the megalopolis of São Paulo, seeking better living conditions.

Most-observed species

• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,627
• Sayaca Tanager

  Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,327
• white-eyed conure

  Aratinga leucophthalma (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
  1,324
• Picazuro Pigeon

  Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves
  1,142
• blue-and-white swallow

  Notiochelidon cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  1,012
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  961
• Eared Dove

  Zenaida auriculata (Des Murs, 1847) · Aves
  953
• Rufous Hornero

  Furnarius rufus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  927