The Illinizas are a pair of volcanic mountains that are located to the south of Quito, Ecuador. They are located in the Illinizas Ecological Reserve. These twin mountains are separated by a saddle that is about a kilometer long. The peaks are among the highest in Ecuador, with Illiniza Sur standing slightly taller than Illiniza Norte, its northern counterpart, at 5248 metres and 5126 metres respectively.
Napo is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Tena. The province contains the Napo River. The province is low developed without much industrial presence. The thick rainforest is home to many natives that remain isolated by preference, descendants of those who fled the Spanish invasion in the Andes, and the Incas years before. In 2000, the province was the sole remaining majority-indigenous province of Ecuador, with 56.3% of the province either claiming indigenous identity or speaking an indigenous language.
Cayambe or Volcán Cayambe is a volcano in Ecuador, in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located in Pichincha Province, some 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Quito. It is the third-highest mountain in Ecuador, at an elevation of 5,790 m (18,996 ft) above sea level.
The long-wattled umbrellabird is an Umbrellabird in the Cotinga family. Its common names include "Pájaro Bolsón", "Pájaro Toro", "Dungali" and "Vaca de Monte". The Long-wattled Umbrellabird is considered rare and it resides in humid to wet premontane and cloud forest. They are often found on the Pacific slopes of south-west Colombia and western Ecuador, but occasionally are found at lower altitudes.
Acmella leucantha is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from three locations in the Andes and one on Puná Island. The Andean subpopulations grow in forests and the dry vegetation of mountain valleys. The island subpopulation occurs in coastal habitat. The species is threatened by habitat destruction, including deforestation on Puná Island.
Baccharis eggersii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family that is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It may occur in Churute Mangroves Ecological Reserve and Machalilla National Park.
Egletes humifusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Senecio iscoensis or Aetheolaena senecioides is a flowering plant in the aster family. It is found only in subtropical and tropical dry shrubland in Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Osornophryne antisana, the Napo plump toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The giant antpitta is a perching bird species in the antpitta family (Grallariidae).
Lomaridium dendrophilum, synonym Blechnum dendrophilum, is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador and known only from Napo Province and Pichincha Province. It was first described by Luis Sodiro in the late 19th century. Although there are no known conservation measures, it has been recorded from Illinizas Ecological Reserve.
Blechnum sociale is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. It is endemic to Pichincha Province and Azuay Province, Ecuador, but has not been recorded since 1893. The name sociale indicates that they form in colonies. It was first described by Sodiro in 1883. In 1893, Sodiro transferred it to Lomaria as Lomaria socialis. He said that the most similar species was Lomaria stipitellata, now placed in Parablechnum as Parablechnum stipitellatum. The status and taxonomy of Blechnum sociale was unclear as of 2003.
Pitcairnia alata is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from only two subpopulations in Zamora-Chinchipe Province.
Siphocampylus furax is a species of plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.
Antisana Ecological Reserve is a protected area in Ecuador situated in the Napo Province, Quijos Canton and Archidona Canton.
Maquipucuna is a 6,000 hectare cloud forest reserve in Ecuador. Located in the Pichincha Province, it is the closest pristine rainforest to Quito, Ecuador's capital. The reserve consists of primary and secondary montane rain forest and cloud forest. The Maquipucuna Reserve is located in the parish of Nanegal, within the Metropolitan District of Quito.
Mikakucha is a lake in the Napo Province in Ecuador. It is situated in the Antisana Ecological Reserve, southwest of the volcano Antisana.
Orcés’s long-tongued bat is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Ecuador.
Sturnira koopmanhilli is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in South America.
