Palmelo

History

The city was founded on February 9, 1929, when a group of 18 people founded a Spiritist center called Luz da Verdade. These people had converted to Spiritism after seeing the alleged cure of a medium, Dorcelino Damásio da Silva, who had suffered from a disease called fogo selvagem. In 1953 Palmelo became a municipality separating from Pires do Rio. It is probably the only town in Brazil and in the world where most of the inhabitants are Spiritists.

Most-observed species

• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4
• white-eyed conure

  Aratinga leucophthalma (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
  3
• Boat-billed Flycatcher

  Megarynchus pitangua (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3
• Ruddy Ground-Dove

  Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) · Aves
  3
• Scaled Dove

  Columbina squammata (R.Lesson, 1831) · Aves
  3
• Red-shouldered Macaw

  Diopsittaca nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2
• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

  Brotogeris chiriri (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  2
• Whistling Heron

  Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824) · Aves
  2