Carrasco
It protects an ecological transition running from the Andes down to lowland Amazon rainforest, with caves inhabited by the nocturnal oilbird
Area
6,226 km²
Declared in
1991
Region
Andes/Amazonia (Cochabamba)
Climate
Tropical, Polar / frío, Montañoso
Highlight
It protects an ecological transition running from the Andes down to lowland Amazon rainforest, with caves inhabited by the nocturnal oilbird
Declared in 1991, Carrasco protects a continuous ecological transition from the Bolivian Andes down to lowland Amazon rainforest, in an altitudinal gradient that supports an exceptional biodiversity. Its caves hold colonies of the oilbird, the same echolocating nocturnal bird found at the Peruvian park of Cutervo, with populations separated by thousands of kilometres but identical in behaviour.
Location
See on the interactive map69 species documented in Carrasco
At conservation risk:Armadillo gigante,Mono araña negro (mono araña de Guyana),Oso de anteojos,Tapir amazónico,Águila poma,Loro alisero,Mono araña negro de Perú,Tortuga carbonaria,Verrugosa (bushmaster)
Near ThreatenedJaguar
Panthera onca
Near ThreatenedÁguila harpía
Harpia harpyja
VulnerableArmadillo gigante
Priodontes maximus
Least ConcernGallito de las rocas andino
Rupicola peruvianus
VulnerableMono araña negro (mono araña de Guyana)
Ateles paniscus
Least ConcernOcelote
Leopardus pardalis
VulnerableOso de anteojos
Tremarctos ornatus
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
VulnerableTapir amazónico
Tapirus terrestris
Least ConcernGuácharo
Steatornis caripensis
Águila azor adornada
Spizaetus ornatus
Águila poma
Spizaetus isidori
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Bolivia, where Carrasco lies.
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