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
Bulbous Oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Buller's Albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
Burclover
Medicago polymorpha
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
Bush dog
Speothos venaticus
Bushy-tailed Opossum
Glironia venusta
Butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii
Buzzy lizzy
Impatiens walleriana
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea
Cadena’s Nectar Bat
Hsunycteris cadenai
calabash
Crescentia cujete
Calderon Gris
Grampus griseus
California Gull
Larus californicus
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
California Quail
Callipepla californica
Calla lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Camphire
Lawsonia inermis
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
canary-creeper
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Candelabra Tree
Araucaria angustifolia
Candlenut tree
Aleurites moluccanus
Cantaloupe
Cucumis melo
cape hare
Lepus capensis
Cape leadwort
Plumbago auriculata
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Capon'S-Feather
Aquilegia vulgaris
Capped Conebill
Conirostrum albifrons
Capped Heron
Pilherodius pileatus
capuchin monkey
Cebus capucinus
capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Carmiol's Tanager
Chlorothraupis carmioli
Carpenter Weed
Prunella vulgaris
Carriker's Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma carrikeri
Carrot
Daucus carota
Carrot-Fern
Conium maculatum
Carry me seed
Phyllanthus amarus
Caruana's slug
Deroceras invadens
Carunculated Caracara
Phalcoboenus carunculatus
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
Castelnau's Antshrike
Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
Castor
Ricinus communis
Cat
Felis catus
Cathedral bells
Kalanchoe pinnata
Cat'S Ear
Hypochaeris radicata
Cattail
Typha angustifolia
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosa
Cauca River Myotis
Myotis caucensis
Cave cobweb spider
Eidmannella pallida
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Centaury
Centaurium erythraea
Centipede tongavine
Epipremnum pinnatum
Central American agouti
Dasyprocta punctata
Central American Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium griseiceps
Central American Silky Anteater
Cyclopes dorsalis
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Cereal rye
Secale cereale
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
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