Ecuador
South America · South America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
S̄eụ̄x krong
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
cape hare
Lepus capensis
Epaulard
Orcinus orca
Calderon Gris
Grampus griseus
Broad-billed Motmot
Electron platyrhynchum
Chestnut-bellied Thrush
Turdus fulviventris
White-necked Thrush
Turdus albicollis
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Lanceolated Monklet
Micromonacha lanceolata
Pied Puffbird
Notharchus tectus
White-whiskered Puffbird
Malacoptila panamensis
Brown Wood-Rail
Aramides wolfi
blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Chapman's Swift
Chaetura chapmani
White-chinned Swift
Cypseloides cryptus
Band-rumped Swift
Chaetura spinicaudus
Swallow-tailed Gull
Creagrus furcatus
Great Jacamar
Jacamerops aureus
Brown Jacamar
Brachygalba lugubris
Black-headed Antthrush
Formicarius nigricapillus
Rufous-breasted Antthrush
Formicarius rufipectus
Groove-billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Scaled Antpitta
Grallaria guatimalensis
Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
Wire-tailed Manakin
Pipra filicauda
Baudo Guan
Penelope ortoni
Spix's Guan
Penelope jacquacu
American Bull Frog
Lithobates catesbeianus
black rat
Rattus rattus
White-winged Parakeet / Canary-winged Parakeet
Brotogeris versicolurus
Red-billed Parrot
Pionus sordidus
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti
Long-billed Hermit
Phaethornis longirostris
Straight-billed Hermit
Phaethornis bourcieri
Gould's Jewelfront
Heliodoxa aurescens
Violet-fronted Brilliant
Heliodoxa leadbeateri
Black-eared Fairy
Heliothryx auritus
Purple-crowned Fairy
Heliothryx barroti
Purple-throated Woodstar
Calliphlox mitchellii
Western Emerald
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
Blue-fronted Lancebill
Doryfera johannae
Gray-breasted Sabrewing
Campylopterus largipennis
Velvet-purple Coronet
Boissonneaua jardini
Great Potoo
Nyctibius grandis
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta
Scarlet-and-white Tanager
Chrysothlypis salmoni
Yellow-throated Tanager
Iridosornis analis
Orange-eared Tanager
Chlorochrysa calliparaea
Rufous-winged Tanager
Tangara lavinia
Green-and-gold Tanager
Tangara schrankii
Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis
Golden-eared Tanager
Tangara chrysotis
Blue-browed Tanager
Tangara cyanotis
Golden-chested Tanager
Bangsia rothschildi
Tawny-crested Tanager
Tachyphonus delatrii
Fulvous-crested Tanager
Tachyphonus surinamus
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Buff-fronted Owl
Aegolius harrisii
Rufescent Screech-Owl
Megascops ingens
Crested Owl
Lophostrix cristata
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
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