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Fundación De Conservación Jocotoco
Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco (Jocotoco Conservation Foundation) is an Ecuadorians, Ecuadorian Non-governmental organization, non-governmental environmental organization. It was established to purchase and protect land important to the conservation of endangered birds in Ecuador. Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco established its first reserve, the Tapichalaca Biological Reserve, in 1998 to protect the type locality and main range of the newly discovered Jocotoco antpitta (''Grallaria ridgelyi''). The reserve now protects more than 2870 hectares of forest and an associated 380+ species of birds and numerous range-restricted plants, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates. Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco has established eleven reserves protecting : *Ayampe, Dry forest near the Pacific Ocean. Esmeraldas woodstar, great green macaw. *Buenaventura, wet upper foot hill forest on west slope of Andes. One of only a few localities for El Oro parakeet, and El Oro tapaculo. Als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuadorians
Ecuadorians () are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Ecuadorian''. Numerous indigenous cultures inhabited what is now Ecuadorian territory for several millennia before the expansion of the Inca Empire in the fifteenth century. The Las Vegas culture of coastal Ecuador is one of the oldest cultures in the Americas. The Valdivia culture is another well-known early Ecuadorian culture. Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century, as did sub-Saharan Africans who were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic by Spaniards and other Europeans. The modern Ecuadorian population is principally descended from these three ancestral groups. As of the 2022 census, 77.5% of the population identified as Mestizo, a mix of Spanish and Indigenous American ancestry, up from 71.9% in 2000. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-crested Tit-tyrant
The black-crested tit-tyrant or Marañón tit-tyrant (''Anairetes nigrocristatus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The members of genus ''Anairetes'' are known commonly as tit-tyrants because their active foraging behavior and crests are reminiscent of the true tits in the family Paridae. The genus had formerly been named ''Spizitornis''.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 28 September 2024. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved 29 September 2024 The black-crested tit-tyrant is monotypic. Some twentieth century authors treated it and the pied-crested tit-tyrant (''A. reguloides'') as conspecific but by about 1990 this had been d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piura Hemispingus
The Piura hemispingus (''Sphenopsis piurae'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s and heavily degraded former forest. References Piura hemispingus Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes Birds of the Peruvian Andes Piura hemispingus Piura hemispingus {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Scythebill
The greater scythebill (''Drymotoxeres pucheranii'') is a Near Threatened species of suboscine passerine bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The greater scythebill was long included in genus '' Campylorhamphus'' with most other scythebills, but the discovery of its closer affinities with the scimitar-billed woodcreeper (''Drymornis bridgesii'') resulted in the creation of the new genus ''Drymotoxeres'' for the greater scythebill. The two are genetically more closely related to each other than to the other scythebills and woodcreepers. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's websithere The greater scythebill is the only member of its genus and is monotypic: no subspecies are recognized. Description The greater scythebill is long and weighs . It is the largest and heaviest scythebill with a shorter, stouter, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicolored Antvireo
The bicolored antvireo (''Dysithamnus occidentalis'') is a Near Threatened insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 4 March 2024. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved March 5, 2024 Taxonomy and systematics The bicolored antvireo was described by the American ornithologist Frank Chapman in 1923. He considered it a subspecies of the white-shouldered antshrike (''Thamnophilus aethiops'') and coined the trinomial name ''Thamnophilus aethiops occidentalis''. By the end of the twentieth century, it was widely accepted as a member of its present genus ''Dysithamnus'' .Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Antpitta
The Peruvian antpitta (''Grallaricula peruviana'') is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The Peruvian antpitta is monotypic. It and the ochre-fronted antpitta (''G. ochraceifrons'') form a superspecies.Greeney, H. F. (2020). Peruvian Antpitta (''Grallaricula peruviana''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.perant1.01 retrieved September 12, 2024 Description "''Grallaricula'' are very small Andean antpittas, found mostly in low dense vegetation (such as treefall gaps, stream edges, and bamboo thickets)."Schulenberg, T.S., D.F. Stotz, D.F. Lane, J.P. O’Neill, and T.A. Parker III. 2010. ''Birds of Peru''. Revised and updated edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. Plate 180 The Peruvian antpitta is about long; five individuals weighed . Adult males have a rufous-cream lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-necked Parakeet
The white-breasted parakeet (''Pyrrhura albipectus'') or white-necked parakeet, is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in southern Ecuador and possibly in adjacent northern Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. 30 January 2023. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved January 30, 2023 Taxonomy and systematics The white-breasted parakeet is monotypic. Description The white-breasted parakeet is long and weighs . The sexes are the same. Adults have a thin reddish brown band just above the bill and are brownish from forehead to hindcrown; the crown feathers have gray edges. Their cheeks are green with yellow giving a scaly appearance and their ear coverts are orange. A wide white coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden-plumed Parakeet
The golden-plumed parakeet (''Leptosittaca branickii'') is a Neotropical parrot species within the family Psittacidae, belonging to the monotypic genus ''Leptosittaca''. This somewhat ''Aratinga''-like species is found in humid temperate highland forests, especially with ''Podocarpus'', on the east Andean slope in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is generally local and uncommon. It is threatened by habitat loss. Clearing of high-altitude forests for agricultural reasons have greatly impacted the loss of habitat for this parakeet species. Further reduction of such habitats will continue to diminish the number of golden-plumed parakeets left in South America. It is the only known parakeet species that can detect ultraviolet radiation Ultraviolet radiation, also known as simply UV, is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays. UV radiation is present in sunlight and constitutes about 10% of t .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden-chested Tanager
The golden-chested tanager (''Bangsia rothschildi'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Etymology Both parts of the Latin binomial honor early ornithologists. ''Bangsia'' is named for Outram Bangs, a United States zoologist and collector; the specific epithet ''rothschildi'' honors Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild of Tring who was an English ornithologist, entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ..., collector, and publisher. Distribution ''Bangsia rothschildi'' is endemic to the northwestern South American countries of Colombia and Ecuador. Habitat The golden-chested tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
