Mossâmedes

History

The settlement of Mossâmedes began as a village for the Indian tribes of Naundós, Acroás, and Caiapós in 1755. Its first name was São José de Mossâmedes in honor of the Captain-General Dom José de Almeida Soveral de Carvalho, Governor of the Capitania of Goiás, who was from the village of Mossâmedes in Portugal. From 1770 to 1774 the village went through a complete restructure due to its near disappearance due to the Indians' inability to adapt to life there. Damiana da Cunha, granddaughter of the chief of the Caiapós was instrumental in converting the Indians. In 1780 the village was designated a freguesia with the name of São José de Mossâmedes. In 1781, due to the continuing evasion of the Indians, another group of 800 Javaés and Carajás was brought from the Ilha do Bananal. In 1845 Mossâmedes became a district, belonging to Itaberaí. In 1890 it was a district of Goiás, the territorial capital. Finally in 1938 it was raised to municipal status as Mossâmedes. Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070115162332/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/ Sepin]

Most-observed species

• Picazuro Pigeon

  Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves
  16
• Blue Dacnis

  Dacnis cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  15
• Red-legged Seriema

  Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  15
• Sayaca Tanager

  Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  14
• Brown-crested Flycatcher

  Myiarchus tyrannulus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
  13
• White-tipped Dove

  Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855 · Aves
  13
• Planalto Slaty-Antshrike

  Thamnophilus pelzelni Hellmayr, 1924 · Aves
  13
• Flavescent Warbler

  Myiothlypis flaveola S.F.Baird, 1865 · Aves
  13