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
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat
Enchisthenes hartii
Velvety Myotis
Myotis simus
verdant bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Megascops guatemalae
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Vermilion Tanager
Calochaetes coccineus
Vicugna
Vicugna vicugna
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Amazilia julie
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
Violet-fronted Brilliant
Heliodoxa leadbeateri
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti
Violet-tailed Sylph
Aglaiocercus coelestis
Violet-throated Metaltail
Metallura baroni
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Viridian Metaltail
Metallura williami
Visored Bat
Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum
Wandering Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis montivaga
Wandering Thomasomys
Thomasomys erro
Wand mullein
Verbascum virgatum
Waorani Dog-faced Bat
Cynomops tonkigui
Water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Waterhouse’s Mouse Opossum
Marmosa waterhousei
Water Opossum
Chironectes minimus
Watkins's Antpitta
Grallaria watkinsi
Wattled Curassow
Crax globulosa
Wattled Guan
Aburria aburri
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
Wedge-billed Hummingbird
Schistes geoffroyi
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma tethys
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
Emberizoides herbicola
Western Amazonian Nectomys
Nectomys apicalis
Western Amazonian Oryzomys
Hylaeamys perenensis
Western Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus nitelinea
Western Dog-faced Bat
Cynomops kuizha
Western Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus mimulus
Western Emerald
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
Western Lowland Olingo
Bassaricyon medius
western mastiff bat
Eumops perotis
Western Nectar Bat
Lonchophylla hesperia
Western Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseus
Western Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma occidentale
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Western White-throated Spadebill
Platyrinchus albogularis
Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
West Indian dropseed
Sporobolus pyramidalis
West indian gherkin
Cucumis anguria
West Peruvian Dove
Zenaida meloda
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Whiskered Flycatcher / Whiskered Myiobius
Myiobius barbatus
Whiskered Wren
Pheugopedius mystacalis
Whistling Heron
Syrigma sibilatrix
White-backed Fire-eye
Pyriglena leuconota
White-banded Swallow
Atticora fasciata
White-banded Tyrannulet
Mecocerculus stictopterus
White-bearded Hermit
Phaethornis hispidus
White-bearded Manakin
Manacus manacus
White-bellied Antpitta
Grallaria hypoleuca
White-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis albiventris
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