| Tupinambás Ecological Station | |
| Alt Name: | Estação Ecológica Tupinambás |
| Iucn Category: | Ia |
| Map: | Brazil |
| Relief: | yes |
| Nearest City: | Guarujá, São Paulo |
| Coordinates: | -24.08°N -45.73°W |
| Designation: | Ecological station |
| Created: | 20 July 1987 |
Tupinambás Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica Tupinambás) is a marine ecological station in and around the Alcatrazes archipelago off the coast in São Paulo State, Brazil.
The Tupinambás Ecological Station is a Federal conservation area covering administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.It was created on 20 July 1987.It consists of the Paredão island between about 24°04' and 24°05' S and 45°43' and 45°44' W, the islets of Abatipossanga, Guaratingaçu, Carimacuí and Cunhambebe between about 24°06' and 24°07' S and 45°42' and 45°43' W, and other islets and rocks, and the sea within a radius of from their surf.It is in the São Sebastião and Ubatuba municipalities of São Paulo State.
As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.Migratory species include royal tern (Sterna maxima), spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), South American tern (Sterna hirundinacea), white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Cape petrel (Daption capense), wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus), ultramarine grosbeak (Passerina brissonii), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), great shearwater (Puffinus gravis), black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei),[1] common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) and giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris).
Endemic critically endangered land species include the pit viper Bothrops alcatraz and the frogs Cycloramphus faustoi and Scinax alcatraz.