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
South American Snipe
Gallinago paraguaiae
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Camptostoma obsoletum
Southern elephant seal
Mirounga leonina
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Southern Martin
Progne elegans
southern naked-tailed armadillo
Cabassous unicinctus
Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Southern Scrub Flycatcher
Sublegatus modestus
Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys australis
southern tamandua
Tamandua tetradactyla
southern two-toed sloth
Choloepus didactylus
Southern Yellow Bat
Dasypterus ega
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
Soya-bean
Glycine max
Spangled Coquette
Lophornis stictolophus
Spangled Cotinga
Cotinga cayana
Spanish broom
Spartium junceum
Sparkling Violetear
Colibri coruscans
Speckle-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius sclateri
Speckled Chachalaca
Ortalis guttata
Speckled Hummingbird
Adelomyia melanogenys
Speckled Mourner
Laniocera rufescens
Speckled Spinetail
Cranioleuca gutturata
Spectacled bear
Tremarctos ornatus
Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant
Phylloscartes orbitalis
Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Spectacled Prickletail
Siptornis striaticollis
Spectacled Redstart
Myioborus melanocephalus
Spectral Bat
Vampyrum spectrum
sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Spider
Coleosoma floridanum
Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
Spiked bur grass
Tragus berteronianus
Spillmann's Tapaculo
Scytalopus spillmanni
Spinner Dolphin
Stenella longirostris
Spinyfruit buttercup
Ranunculus muricatus
Spiny sowthistle
Sonchus asper
spiny tree rat
Mesomys hispidus
spirea aphid
Aphis spiraecola
spitting spiders
Scytodes fusca
Spix's Disk-winged Bat
Thyroptera tricolor
Spix's Guan
Penelope jacquacu
Spix s Night Monkey
Aotus vociferans
Splendid Woodpecker
Campephilus splendens
Spot-backed Antbird
Hylophylax naevius
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola maculirostris
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Colaptes punctigula
Spot-crowned Antvireo
Dysithamnus puncticeps
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides cherriei
Spot-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis maculicaudus
Spotted Antbird
Hylophylax naevioides
Spotted Barbtail
Premnoplex brunnescens
Spotted Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus dryas
Spotted Puffbird
Bucco tamatia
Spotted Rail
Pardirallus maculatus
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