Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Al-dolpheen
Delphinus delphis
Delfin Azrak wa Abyad
Stenella coeruleoalba
Delfin Kabir
Tursiops truncatus
Dheeb
Canis lupus
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
زيفيوس (Zifius)
Ziphius cavirostris
غرامبوس (ghrambous)
Grampus griseus
Amazon River Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis
Ecoregions
Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Napo moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Western Ecuador moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Ecuadorian dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Tumbes-Piura dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Guayaquil flooded grasslands
Flooded Grasslands & Savannas · Neotropic
All Species in Ecuador
Brown Violetear
Colibri delphinae
Mexican Violetear
Colibri thalassinus
Sparkling Violetear
Colibri coruscans
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseus
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Black-winged Saltator
Saltator atripennis
Grayish Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Streaked Saltator
Saltator striatipectus
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Saltator grossus
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
White-capped Tanager
Sericossypha albocristata
Black-backed Bush Tanager
Urothraupis stolzmanni
Grass-green Tanager
Chlorornis riefferii
Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager
Dubusia taeniata
Black-faced Tanager
Schistochlamys melanopis
Andean Caenolestid
Caenolestes condorensis
Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira magna
Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Lionycteris spurrelli
Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla orienticollina
Goldman's Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla concava
Carriker's Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma carrikeri
Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyriscus bidens
Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus umbratus
Great Stripe-faced Bat
Vampyrodes caraccioli
Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat
Gardnerycteris keenani
Striped Hairy-nosed Bat
Gardnerycteris crenulatum
Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus gnomus
Little Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus ravus
Quichua Porcupine
Coendou quichua
spiny tree rat
Mesomys hispidus
Napo Spiny-rat
Proechimys quadruplicatus
Amazon Bamboo Rat
Dactylomys dactylinus
Ucucha Thomasomys
Thomasomys ucucha
Hudson s Thomaomys
Thomasomys hudsoni
Smoky Oldfield Mouse
Thomasomys fumeus
Sylvan Thomasomys
Thomasomys silvestris
Wandering Thomasomys
Thomasomys erro
Taczanowski s Thomasomys
Thomasomys taczanowskii
White-tipped Thomasomys
Thomasomys caudivarius
Olive-gray Thomasomys
Thomasomys cinereus
Red Andean Oldfield Mouse
Thomasomys auricularis
Pichincha Thomasomys
Thomasomys vulcani
Short-nosed Scolomys
Scolomys melanops
Tate's Oryzomys
Hylaeamys tatei
Robust melanomys
Melanomys robustulus
Andean Pericote
Phyllotis andium
Ecuadoran Pericote
Phyllotis haggardi
Western Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus mimulus
South American Hoary Bat
Aeorestes villosissimus
Harmless Serotine
Eptesicus innoxius
Armien's Myotis
Myotis armiensis
Ecuadorian Little Yellow Bat
Rhogeessa velilla
Lesser Yellow-shouldered Bat
Sturnira nana
Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats
Sturnira perla
Giovanni's Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris giovanniae
Orces's Long-tongued Bat
Lonchophylla orcesi
Western Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla hesperia
Western Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma occidentale
Matapalo Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus matapalensis
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