Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Agami Heron
Agamia agami
Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus albericoi
Albuja’s Climbing Rat
Rhipidomys albujai
Allen's Olingo
Bassaricyon alleni
Alpaca
Vicugna pacos
Amazon Bamboo Rat
Dactylomys dactylinus
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus flaviventer
Amazonian manatee
Trichechus inunguis
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
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Imperial Snipe
Gallinago imperialis
Incan Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus incarum
Inca Tern
Larosterna inca
Inchplant
Tradescantia zebrina
Indian heliotrope
Heliotropium indicum
Indian lilac
Azadirachta indica
Indian Pea
Lathyrus sativus
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Indian teasel
Dipsacus sativus
Indiantree spurge
Euphorbia tirucalli
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Indigo Flowerpiercer
Diglossa indigotica
Island Canary
Serinus canaria
Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus ismaeli
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Ivory-billed Aracari
Pteroglossus azara
ivory palm
Phytelephas aequatorialis
Jabiru
Jabiru mycteria
jaguar
Panthera onca
Jameson's Snipe
Gallinago jamesoni
Japanese Macaque
Macaca fuscata
Jaraguagrass
Hyparrhenia rufa
Jelski's Chat-Tyrant
Ochthoeca jelskii
Jet Antbird
Cercomacra nigricans
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Jocotoco Antpitta
Grallaria ridgelyi
Johannes's Tody-Tyrant
Hemitriccus iohannis
Johnny jumpup
Viola tricolor
Jointed Charlock
Raphanus raphanistrum
Juan Fernandez fur seal
Arctocephalus philippii
jumping spiders
Hasarius adansoni
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
Kaka-beak
Clianthus puniceus
Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat
Gardnerycteris keenani
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
khaki-gum
Eucalyptus alba
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
King Vulture
Sarcoramphus papa
kinkajou
Potos flavus
Koepcke's Screech-Owl
Megascops koepckeae
Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
Anisognathus lacrymosus
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis climacocerca
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiae
Lafresnaye's Piculet
Picumnus lafresnayi
Lake Titicaca Frog
Telmatobius culeus
Lanceolated Monklet
Micromonacha lanceolata
Large-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila crassirostris
Large-billed Tern
Phaetusa simplex
Large Elaenia
Elaenia spectabilis
Large Fernandina Galapagos Mouse
Nesoryzomys narboroughi
Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Oenothera glazioviana
Large Ground-Finch
Geospiza magnirostris
Large-headed Flatbill
Ramphotrigon megacephalum
Large Oecomys
Oecomys superans
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Large Tree-Finch
Camarhynchus psittacula
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