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  • Foothills of Andes east of Quito<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20150503_Foothills_of_Andes_69.jpg
  • Foothills of Andes east of Quito<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20150503_Foothills_of_Andes_46.jpg
  • Foothills of Andes east of Quito<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20150503_Foothills_of_Andes_82.jpg
  • Foothills of Andes east of Quito<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20150503_Foothills_of_Andes_75.jpg
  • Foothills of Andes east of Quito<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20150503_Foothills_of_Andes_162.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.tif
  • Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Andes of Ecuador & Colombia
    20160825_Andean_porcupine_107.jpg
  • Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Andes of Ecuador & Colombia
    20160825_Andean_porcupine_25.jpg
  • Golden tanager (Tangara arthus)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Highland forest of the Andes of Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia
    20160825_Golden_tanager_28.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.
    481_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.
    09 Spectacled Bear.NEF
  • 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.
    1004_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
  • 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
  • Purple-bibbed whitetip (Urosticte benjamini)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
    20160801_Purple-bibbed_whitetip_22.jpg
  • Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Subtropical montane forests of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil
    20160828_Blue-winged_mountain_tanage...jpg
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_518.tif
  • Cayambe Volcano<br />
Andes, Pichincha<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
5,790meters above sea level<br />
19,000 feet<br />
Cayambe in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located 70 km northeast of Quito. It is the third highest mountain in Ecuador.<br />
Last eruption 1785/6<br />
<br />
Cayambe, which has a permanent snow cap, is a Holocene compound volcano which last erupted in March 1786. At 4,690 m (15,387 ft) on its south slope is the highest point in the world crossed by the Equator and the only point on the Equator with snow cover. The volcano and most of its slopes are within the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve.<br />
<br />
Cayambe was first climbed by British adventurer Edward Whymper in 1880.
    20150503_Cayambe_Volcano_49.jpg
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_669.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_663.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_495.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_464.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_479.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20161225_Vicuña_176.jpg
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20161225_Vicuña_149.jpg
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20161225_Vicuña_137.jpg
  • Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: tropica forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia
    20160828_Fawn-breasted_brilliant_2.jpg
  • Long-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
    20160826_Long-tailed_sylph_10.jpg
  • Flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Colomiba, Ecuador, Peru & Venezuela
    20160826_Flame-faced_tanager_4.jpg
  • Long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
Habitat & Range: endemic to the western slopes of Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador
    20160825_Long-wattled_umbrellabird_2...jpg
  • Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Open woodland from Mexico to Bolivia & n. Brazil
    20160825_Blue-gray_tanager_2.jpg
  • Long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
Habitat & Range: endemic to the western slopes of Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador
    20160824_Long-wattled_umbrellabird_1...jpg
  • Gastrotheca testudinea<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: <br />
RANGE: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, <br />
east Andes 400 - 2000m<br />
Captive
    20150929_Gastrotheca_testudinea_13.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150929_Gastrotheca_pseustes_23.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150929_Gastrotheca_plumbea_34.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150923_Gastrotheca_pseustes_16.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150923_Gastrotheca_pseustes_7.jpg
  • Cayambe Volcano<br />
Andes, Pichincha<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
5,790meters above sea level<br />
19,000 feet<br />
Cayambe in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located 70 km northeast of Quito. It is the third highest mountain in Ecuador.<br />
Last eruption 1785/6<br />
<br />
Cayambe, which has a permanent snow cap, is a Holocene compound volcano which last erupted in March 1786. At 4,690 m (15,387 ft) on its south slope is the highest point in the world crossed by the Equator and the only point on the Equator with snow cover. The volcano and most of its slopes are within the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve.<br />
<br />
Cayambe was first climbed by British adventurer Edward Whymper in 1880.
    20150503_Cayambe_Volcano_85.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_pseustes_75.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_65.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_39.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_27.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150224_Gastrotheca_plumbea_30.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_pseustes_100.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_pseustes_81.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150225_Gastrotheca_pseustes_163.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150225_Gastrotheca_pseustes_160.jpg
  • Gastrotheca testudinea<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: <br />
RANGE: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, <br />
east Andes 400 - 2000m<br />
Captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_testudinea_22.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_pseustes_157.jpg
  • Gastrotheca testudinea<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: <br />
RANGE: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, <br />
east Andes 400 - 2000m<br />
Captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_testudinea_10.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150224_Gastrotheca_pseustes_151.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150213_Gastrotheca_pseustes_49.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150212_Gastrotheca_pseustes_26.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150212_Gastrotheca_pseustes_22.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150212_Gastrotheca_pseustes_11.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
  • 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.
    MND215 Bay-headed Tanager.jpg
  • Ecuadorian Chagras (cowboy) cutting bull hide into one long strip to make 'beta' (lasso)<br />
Yanahurco Hacienda (Ranch) - largest privately owned ranch in Ecuadorian Andes (25.000 hectares)<br />
base of Cotopaxi Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    12503_Cutting_Bull_Hide.jpg
  • Ecuadorian Chagras (cowboys)<br />
Yanahurco Hacienda (Ranch) - largest privately owned ranch in Ecuadorian Andes (25.000 hectares)<br />
base of Cotopaxi Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    11216_Chagras.jpg
  • Chagras (cowboys) herding cattle towards Hacienda<br />
During a 2 week process the Chagras ride to all areas of the ranch herding the cattle in for the annual round-up. <br />
Yanahurco Hacienda (Ranch) - largest privately owned ranch in the Ecuadorian Andes (25,000 Hectares)<br />
Base of Cotopaxi Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    10882_Herding_Cattle.jpg
  • Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)  WILD cub.<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.
    852_Spectacled_Bear_Cub.NEF
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_671.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_657.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_659.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_535.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_533.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_531.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_520.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_525.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_509.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_515.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_504.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_481.tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...tif
  • Dark-backed wood quail (Odontophorus melanonotus)<br />
Mindo<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
West slope of Andes<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cloud forest, Western Andes of Ecuador & Colombia
    20151111_Dark-backed_wood_quail_18.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 />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: hummid forests of colombia & Ecuador
    20160826_Brown_Inca_6.jpg
  • Scaled fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
    20160825_Scaled_fruiteater_35.jpg
  • Rufescent screech owl (Megascops ingens)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
    20160825_Rufescent_screech_owl_14.jpg
  • Black-chinned Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus notabilis)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & Range: Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
    20160825_Black-chinned Mountain-tana...jpg
  • Cloud forest canopy<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160825_Cloud_forest_canopy_3.jpg
  • Long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
Habitat & Range: endemic to the western slopes of Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador
    20160824_Long-wattled_umbrellabird_1...jpg
  • Long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)<br />
Western slopes of Andes<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
ENDEMIC<br />
Habitat & Range: endemic to the western slopes of Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador
    20160824_Long-wattled_umbrellabird_4...jpg
  • Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) & Chimborazo Volcano<br />
wild South American camelid<br />
Chimborazo Forest Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Habitat & range: High alpine areas of Andes, Argentina, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
    20160820_Vicuña_&_Chimborazo_Volcan...jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150929_Gastrotheca_pseustes_58.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150929_Gastrotheca_plumbea_26.jpg
  • Silver Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca plumbea)<br />
base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 1300 -3200m
    20150929_Gastrotheca_plumbea_19.jpg
  • San Lucas Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca pseustes)<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: Endangered<br />
RANGE: Pacific slopes of Andes of northern and central Ecuador 2300 - 4300m<br />
captive
    20150713_Gastrotheca_pseustes_1.jpg
  • Reventador Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
3,562 meters above sea level<br />
11,686 feet<br />
Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Since 1541 it has erupted over 25 times. <br />
Active
    20150503_Reventador_Volcano_225.jpg
  • Reventador Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
3,562 meters above sea level<br />
11,686 feet<br />
Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Since 1541 it has erupted over 25 times. <br />
Active
    20150503_Reventador_Volcano_36.jpg
  • Cayambe Volcano<br />
Andes, Pichincha<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
5,790meters above sea level<br />
19,000 feet<br />
Cayambe in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located 70 km northeast of Quito. It is the third highest mountain in Ecuador.<br />
Last eruption 1785/6<br />
<br />
Cayambe, which has a permanent snow cap, is a Holocene compound volcano which last erupted in March 1786. At 4,690 m (15,387 ft) on its south slope is the highest point in the world crossed by the Equator and the only point on the Equator with snow cover. The volcano and most of its slopes are within the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve.<br />
<br />
Cayambe was first climbed by British adventurer Edward Whymper in 1880.
    20150503_Cayambe_Volcano_9.jpg
  • Gastrotheca testudinea<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
IUCN STATUS: <br />
RANGE: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, <br />
east Andes 400 - 2000m<br />
Captive
    20150213_Gastrotheca_testudinea_1.jpg
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