Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Baagh
Panthera tigris
Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Lionycteris spurrelli
Andean Caenolestid
Caenolestes condorensis
Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus albericoi
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus flaviventer
Amazon River Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Bushy-tailed Opossum
Glironia venusta
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
Tufted Flycatcher / Northern Tufted-Flycatcher
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
White-throated Thrush
Turdus assimilis
Pale-vented Thrush
Turdus obsoletus
Lawrence's Thrush
Turdus lawrencii
Hauxwell's Thrush
Turdus hauxwelli
Spotted Nightingale-Thrush
Catharus dryas
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
Brown Nunlet
Nonnula brunnea
Rusty-breasted Nunlet
Nonnula rubecula
Spotted Puffbird
Bucco tamatia
Azure Gallinule
Porphyrio flavirostris
Mangrove Rail
Rallus longirostris
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Aramides axillaris
Spotted Rail
Pardirallus maculatus
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides cherriei
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Andean Gull
Chroicocephalus serranus
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
White-eared Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Coppery-chested Jacamar
Galbula pastazae
Paradise Jacamar
Galbula dea
Pheasant Cuckoo
Dromococcyx phasianellus
Striated Antthrush
Chamaeza nobilis
Streak-chested Antpitta
Hylopezus perspicillatus
Thicket Antpitta
Hylopezus dives
Orange-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia saturata
Blue-backed Manakin
Chiroxiphia pareola
Nocturnal Curassow
Nothocrax urumutum
Salvin's Curassow
Mitu salvini
Tui Parakeet
Brotogeris sanctithomae
Buff-tailed Sicklebill
Eutoxeres condamini
Ecuadorian Hillstar
Oreotrochilus chimborazo
Spangled Coquette
Lophornis stictolophus
Many-spotted Hummingbird
Taphrospilus hypostictus
Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Eriocnemis luciani
Gorgeted Sunangel
Heliangelus strophianus
Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Heliangelus amethysticollis
Giant Hummingbird
Patagona gigas
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Sporophila telasco
Crimson-breasted Finch
Rhodospingus cruentus
Bicolored Conebill
Conirostrum bicolor
Subtropical Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium parkeri
Cinnamon Screech-Owl
Megascops petersoni
Buckley's Forest-Falcon
Micrastur buckleyi
Snowy Plover
Charadrius nivosus
Blue Seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Peruvian Meadowlark
Sturnella bellicosa
Scrub Blackbird
Dives warczewiczi
Dugand's Antwren
Herpsilochmus dugandi
Rufous-winged Antwren
Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
Striated Antbird
Drymophila devillei
Plain-winged Antwren
Myrmotherula behni
Stripe-backed Bittern
Ixobrychus involucris
Sapphire Quail-Dove
Geotrygon saphirina
Purple Quail-Dove
Geotrygon purpurata
Black-winged Ground-Dove
Metriopelia melanoptera
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove
Columbina buckleyi
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