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  • Sipo Snake  (Chironius monticola) 1.2meters in length, found in Mindo Cloud Forest. +-1600 meters <br />
ECUADOR,  South America<br />
Range: Andean forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia & Venezuela<br />
This snake eats other snakes as well as other small amphibians and reptiles
    21089_Sipo_Snake.tif
  • Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)<br />
Cloud Forest and Paramo Habitat<br />
Andes. ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: Colombia south to Bolivia<br />
ENDANGERED (CITES 1)<br />
Spectacled bear drugged for radio collar.
    INT84_Spectacled_Bear.tif
  • Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)<br />
Cloud Forest and Paramo Habitat<br />
Andes. ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: Colombia south to Bolivia<br />
ENDANGERED (CITES 1)<br />
Armando Cateillanos attaching the radio collar.
    INT33_Spectacled_Bear.tif
  • Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)  WILD<br />
Maquipucuna Foundation Cloud Forest Reserve.<br />
Andes. ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: Found in a narrow strip from W. Venezuela to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina.<br />
ENDANGERED (CITES 1)<br />
Spectacled bears are the only bears found in South America. They are vulnerable due to fragmented habitat loss from farming. Although illegal some are still hunted.<br />
They are timid animals and usually run away from people. There are no known attacks on humans. Generally they are solitary but sometimes several are found together in corn fields, fruiting trees or scavenging on a carcass.
    938_Spectacled_Bear.jpg
  • Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)  WILD adolescent male feeding on fruiting Aquacartillo trees.<br />
Maquipucuna Foundation Cloud Forest Reserve.<br />
Andes. ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: Found in a narrow strip from W. Venezuela to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina.<br />
ENDANGERED (CITES 1)<br />
Spectacled bears are the only bears found in South America. They are vulnerable due to fragmented habitat loss from farming. Although illegal some are still hunted.<br />
They are timid animals and usually run away from people. There are no known attacks on humans. Generally they are solitary but sometimes several are found together in corn fields, fruiting trees or scavenging on a carcass.
    418_Spectacled_Bear.jpg
  • Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)  WILD adult female.<br />
Maquipucuna Foundation Cloud Forest Reserve.<br />
Andes. ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: Found in a narrow strip from W. Venezuela to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina.<br />
ENDANGERED (CITES 1)<br />
Spectacled bears are the only bears found in South America. They are vulnerable due to fragmented habitat loss from farming. Although illegal some are still hunted.<br />
They are timid animals and usually run away from people. There are no known attacks on humans. Generally they are solitary but sometimes several are found together in corn fields, fruiting trees or scavenging on a carcass.
    852Wild Spectacled Bear.jpg
  • Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) chick in nest<br />
Quito<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes,  high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Colombia, Ecuador & Peru
    POX66 Black-tailed Trainbearer chick...jpg
  • Andean emerald (Agyrtria franciae)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    20100903_Andean_emerald_22.jpg
  • White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil. It is also found on Tobago and in Trinidad
    20100904_White-necked_Jacobin_24.jpg
  • White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil. It is also found on Tobago and in Trinidad
    20100904_White-necked_Jacobin_37.jpg
  • Sparkling Violetear  (Colibri coruscans)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    20100908_Sparkling_Violetear_1.jpg
  • Sparkling Violetear  (Colibri coruscans)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    20100908_Sparkling_Violetear_5.jpg
  • Forest giant owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Mexico, through Central America, to the Amazon River basin in South America.
    20100927_Forest_giant_owl_butterfly_...jpg
  • King swallowtail or Thoas swallowtail (Papilio thoas)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: USA, Central & South America
    20151109_King_swallowtail_8.jpg
  • Spotted Glass Wing Butterfly (Metona Grandiosa)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Endemic
    20100927_Spotted_Glass_Wing_Butterfl...jpg
  • Athis longwing (Heliconius athis)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    20100927_Athis_longwing_2.jpg
  • Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruviana sanguinolenta) <br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cloud forest, Western Andes of Ecuador & Colombia
    20110730_Andean_Cock-of-the-rock_43.jpg
  • Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) <br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Montane humid forests of Ecuador & Colombia
    20110730_Brown_Inca_2.jpg
  • Rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    20110730_Rufous-tailed_hummingbird_1...jpg
  • Rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    20110730_Rufous-tailed_hummingbird_1...jpg
  • Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) Male<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Humid highland forest in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru.
    MND673 Red-headed Barbet.jpg
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Humid Andean Forests of Ecuador, Colombia & Venezuela
    MND951 Crimson-rumped Toucanet.jpg
  • Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Canopy and borders of humid forest, secondary woodland and clearings from lowlands up into subtropics on both slopes of the Andes.
    MND975 Bay-headed Tanager.jpg
  • Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Humid lowland and foothill forests on the Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador
    MND182 Choco Toucan.jpg
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegaticeps)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Moist lowland and moist montanes of tropical and subtropical forests in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama.
    MND1109 Scaly-throated Foliage-glean...jpg
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