Pirapitinga Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica de Pirapitinga) is an ecological station in Brazil, on an island in the lake formed by the Três Marias Dam in Minas Gerais.

[3] Endemic fauna include curl-crested jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus), peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea), shrike-like tanager (Neothraupis fasciata), white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) and red-bellied macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus).

[2] The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.

It was created to protect the environment and support basic and applied ecological research and education in conservation.

[2] The station is a habitat for the near threatened maned wolf and the giant anteater.