Sumaco Napo-Galeras
Ecuador · Amazonia (Napo/Orellana)It protects an almost perfectly conical volcano in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Area
2,058 km²
Declared in
1994
Region
Amazonia (Napo/Orellana)
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Montañoso
Best time
June to September
Highlight
It protects an almost perfectly conical volcano in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Declared in 1994 and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2000, Sumaco Napo-Galeras protects the Sumaco volcano, an almost perfectly symmetrical cone that rises in isolation in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon with no surrounding range — an unusual piece of geology that generates its own microclimate and a biodiversity transitional between the Andes and the lowland Amazon.
Location
See on the interactive map67 species documented in Sumaco Napo-Galeras
At conservation risk:Oso de anteojos,Tapir amazónico,Águila poma,Mono lanudo común,Pudú del norte,Tapir andino,Verrugosa (bushmaster)
Near ThreatenedJaguar
Panthera onca
VulnerableOso de anteojos
Tremarctos ornatus
Near ThreatenedÁguila harpía
Harpia harpyja
Least ConcernGallito de las rocas andino
Rupicola peruvianus
Least ConcernGuacamayo azul y amarillo
Ara ararauna
Least ConcernOcelote
Leopardus pardalis
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
VulnerableTapir amazónico
Tapirus terrestris
Águila azor adornada
Spizaetus ornatus
Águila poma
Spizaetus isidori
Amazona coroniamarilla
Amazona ochrocephala
Anguila eléctrica
Electrophorus electricus
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Ecuador, where Sumaco Napo-Galeras lies.
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