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
Mountain Coati
Nasua olivacea
mountain paca
Cuniculus taczanowskii
Mountain Tapir
Tapirus pinchaque
Mountain Velvetbreast
Lafresnaya lafresnayi
Mountain Wren
Troglodytes solstitialis
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphia
Mouse-colored Antshrike
Thamnophilus murinus
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
Phaeomyias murina
Moustached Antpitta
Grallaria alleni
Moustached Antwren
Myrmotherula ignota
Moustached Puffbird
Malacoptila mystacalis
Mulberry
Morus alba
Musician Wren
Cyphorhinus arada
musk okra
Abelmoschus moschatus
Nacunda Nighthawk
Chordeiles nacunda
Napo Sabrewing
Campylopterus villaviscensio
Napo Saki
Pithecia napensis
Napo Spiny-rat
Proechimys quadruplicatus
Narino Tapaculo
Scytalopus vicinior
narrow Canary grass
Phalaris angusta
Narrow-footed Neacomys
Neacomys tenuipes
Narrowleaf angelon
Angelonia angustifolia
Nazca Booby
Sula granti
Neblina Metaltail
Metallura odomae
Necklaced Spinetail
Synallaxis stictothorax
Neotropical otter
Lontra longicaudis
Neotropical Palm Swift
Tachornis squamata
Neotropic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
New Zealand spinach
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Niceforo's Bat
Trinycteris nicefori
nine-banded armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Noble Snipe
Gallinago nobilis
Nocturnal Curassow
Nothocrax urumutum
Norfolk island pine
Araucaria heterophylla
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat
Eumops nanus
Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyressa thyone
Northern naked-tailed armadillo
Cabassous centralis
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
northern pudu
Pudu mephistophiles
Northern Slaty Antshrike
Thamnophilus punctatus
Northern tamandua
Tamandua mexicana
Ocellated Antbird
Phaenostictus mcleannani
Ocellated Poorwill
Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
Ocellated Tapaculo
Acropternis orthonyx
Ocellated Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
Ochraceous Attila
Attila torridus
Ochre-bellied Dove
Leptotila ochraceiventris
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Mionectes oleagineus
Ochre-breasted Antpitta
Grallaricula flavirostris
Ochre-breasted Tanager
Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
Ochre-striped Antpitta
Grallaria dignissima
Oilbird
Steatornis caripensis
Oil palm
Elaeis guineensis
Old-man-in-the-spring
Senecio vulgaris
Oleander
Nerium oleander
Olinguito
Bassaricyon neblina
Olivaceous Flatbill
Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
Olivaceous Greenlet
Hylophilus olivaceus
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