Matão

History

Matão was first populated by coffee growers at the beginning of the 1890s. The settlers constructed a small chapel in 1894, and in 1895 called their settlement Senhor do Bom Jesus das Palmeiras. The settlement was renamed Matão in 1897 and became a district of Araraquara. It became an independent municipality on August 27, 1898. The region attracted more small-scale farmers in the 1890s, and development was furthered by the construction of a railroad line, the Estrada de Ferro Araraquara, which was built to connect Rio Claro, in São Paulo State, to Cuiabá, the capital city of Mato Grosso. The rail line reached Matão by 1899. The municipality comprised three districts, Matão, Dobrada and São Lourenço do Turvo, until 1964 when Dobrada became a separate municipality.

Most-observed species

• Picazuro Pigeon

  Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves
  95
• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  77
• Buff-breasted Wren

  Cantorchilus leucotis (Lafresnaye, 1845) · Aves
  67
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  64
• white-eyed conure

  Aratinga leucophthalma (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
  61
• Silver-beaked Tanager

  Ramphocelus carbo (Pallas, 1764) · Aves
  61
• Southern Lapwing

  Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) · Aves
  61
• Sayaca Tanager

  Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  60