The pink-legged graveteiro (Acrobatornis fonsecai) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest located in the southeast part of Brazil, thriving in local cocoa plantations.

[4] One way to tell you have found a pink-legged graveteiro is by its unique song, usually high-pitched and beginning with sparse notes, then it accelerating, and finally finishing with a long trill.

[9] Five percent of all vertebrates on Earth call this forest home, and there are 2,200 different types of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

[8] Some other statistics that directly affect the pink-legged graveteiro are that sixty percent of all Brazil's endangered animals reside here, and there are almost two hundred different bird species that are only found is this remote location on Earth.

[8] These same ideas still dominate the thinking of Brazil's population today, so that remnant tropical rainforest clearing continues.

Eucalyptus trees are one example of a monoculture that has hurt the integrity of the forest as well as stripping the soil of nutrients without putting much back.

[10] The process for preparing the land for cocoa fields consists of clearing the under story of the forest, and reducing the canopy to about 10 percent of the trees that are naturally found.

There is enough biodiversity in the lower level to support all the food sources the pink-legged graveteiro needs to survive.

When dealing with the “Evil Quartet”, habitat destruction and some over exploitation of the land are the two main factors driving the pink-legged graveteiro to endangerment.

[11] One problem that the plantations have already experienced and was very detrimental to their livelihood was the outbreak of a disease called “Witches’ Broom” in the 1980s and 1990s.

Witches’ Broom is caused by the fungus Crinipellis pernicious, which around that period wiped out a large portion of the cocoa produced in Brazil and other surrounding countries.

[12] At about the same time, the market for cocoa crashed[4] so that the owners had nothing to do for money except chop down the trees and sell them for cash, destroying the pink-legged graveteiro's habitat.

[4] The first part of restoring the pink-legged graveteiro back to sustainable numbers, is the conservation of the Atlantic Forest.

[13] Another successful program put in place is the private reserve system, which covers almost 1,000 kilometers of the Atlantic Forest.

[13] One main strategy that is in place to encourage biodiversity is establishing corridors because the habitats that are remaining are severely fragmented.

[13] There are many corridors being established to connect the wildlife, but the main one in the Atlantic Forest is located in the south part of Bahia and Espírito Santo.

[13] One agency that is in the process of protecting the Atlantic Forest is the Nature Conservancy which has been in business since 1991 with a host of partners to help it along.

[7] These corridors will help reduce the growing fragmentation problems in Brazil and ensure the gene exchange throughout the different populations that inhabit the land.

Through their program they plan to develop economic alternatives that will support both forest protection and the local people, and also provide incentives for conservation.

Lastly, the Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund will supply the technology and support that is needed for private conservation efforts through the Institutional Strengthening Program.

Another way that is recommended is to leave buffer zones of the natural vegetation on the edges of streams, property lines, and forest reserves.

[10] One group that has helped the pink-legged graveteiro specifically is Birdlife, who believes that many of the practices used in cocoa farming are not all that bad compared to other different types of agriculture.

It is a way to help deal with the large problem of habitat fragmentation that is happening in the Atlantic Forest by connecting the environments that surround the farms.