São João d'Aliança

History

São João began as a farm in the nineteenth century. In 1910, it was Arraial Capetinga, consisting of same grass huts, two houses covered with tiles, and a chapel dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. In 1931 it became a municipality only to revert to a district of Formosa in 1939. Finally in 1953 it was re-established as a municipality. With the construction of Brasília and a relative proximity to that important city, farmers from the south began to arrive and buy inexpensive land to plant soybeans.

Most-observed species

• Pale-vented Pigeon

  Patagioenas cayennensis (Bonnaterre, 1792) · Aves
  27
• White-tipped Dove

  Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855 · Aves
  27
• Picazuro Pigeon

  Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves
  26
• Pale-breasted Thrush

  Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  23
• Southern Caracara

  Caracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves
  21
• peach-fronted conure

  Aratinga aurea (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  20
• Buff-necked Ibis

  Theristicus caudatus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  20
• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

  Brotogeris chiriri (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  19