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Yacuri National Park

National Park · Ecuador

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Photo © Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Photo © Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center — CC0 1.0 — Source: Wikimedia Commons

ABOUT

Where the eastern slopes of the Andes descend into Ecuador's southern frontier, Yacuri National Park unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of montane cloud forest and high-altitude grassland. The park straddles a critical transition zone between tropical and temperate ecosystems, its terrain carved by steep ravines and shaped by year-round mist that clings to the canopy. From humid montane forests clad in moss-draped trees and ferns to windswept páramo grasslands studded with alpine vegetation, the habitat supports a remarkable mosaic of ecological communities. This vertical layering creates distinct niches for woodland songbirds, mixed-species feeding flocks that move through the canopy in search of insects, and ground-dwelling mammals adapted to both forest floor and open highland terrain. Raptors patrol the ridgelines and clearings, while specialized frugivores depend on the seasonal abundance of berries in the cloud forest understory. The park's remoteness and topographic complexity have preserved populations of creatures found nowhere else, making it a frontier for tropical mountain ecology and a refuge for species sensitive to habitat disturbance.

Website ambiente.gob.ec/parque-nacional-yacuri

WILDLIFE

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

Chalcostigma herrani

Shining Sunbeam

Aglaeactis cupripennis

Russet-crowned Warbler

Myiothlypis coronata

Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus igniventris

Tyrian Metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina

Lacrimose Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus lacrymosus

Penelope barbata

Coeligena torquata

Amethyst-throated Sunangel

Heliangelus amethysticollis

Yellow-breasted Brushfinch

Atlapetes latinuchus

Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer

Diglossa cyanea

Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

Turdus fuscater

Flame-throated Sunangel

Heliangelus micraster

Spectacled Whitestart

Myioborus melanocephalus

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Chestnut-naped Antpitta

Grallaria nuchalis

Golden-plumed Parakeet

Leptosittaca branickii

Neblina Metaltail

Metallura odomae

Band-winged Nightjar

Systellura longirostris

Jameson's Snipe

Gallinago jamesoni

Streaked Tuftedcheek

Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii

Chestnut-winged Cinclodes

Cinclodes albidiventris

Pearled Treerunner

Margarornis squamiger

Grallaria quitensis

Blackish Tapaculo

Scytalopus latrans

White-crested Elaenia

Elaenia albiceps

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca fumicolor

Brown-bellied Swallow

Orochelidon murina

Glossy-black Thrush

Turdus serranus

Black-headed Hemispingus

Pseudospingus verticalis

Blue-capped Tanager

Sporathraupis cyanocephala

Merganetta armata

Rufous-bellied Nighthawk

Lurocalis rufiventris

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

Uropsalis segmentata

Chestnut-collared Swift

Streptoprocne rutila

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans

Purple-throated Sunangel

Heliangelus viola

Speckled Hummingbird

Adelomyia melanogenys

Long-tailed Sylph

Aglaiocercus kingii

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Lesbia victoriae

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Rufous-capped Thornbill

Chalcostigma ruficeps

Viridian Metaltail

Metallura williami

Glowing Puffleg

Eriocnemis vestita

Rainbow Starfrontlet

Buff-winged Starfrontlet

Coeligena lutetiae

Mountain Velvetbreast

Lafresnaya lafresnayi

Great Sapphirewing

Pterophanes cyanopterus

Southern Giant Hummingbird

White-bellied Woodstar

Chaetocercus mulsant

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

Chroicocephalus serranus

Sarcoramphus papa

Coragyps atratus

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

White-rumped Hawk

Parabuteo leucorrhous

Geranoaetus polyosoma

White-throated Hawk

Andean Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium jardinii

Rufous-banded Owl

Strix albitarsis

Trogon personatus

Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan

Andigena hypoglauca

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Colaptes rivolii

Colaptes rupicola

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis

Red-faced Parrot

Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops

Plum-crowned Parrot

Pionus tumultuosus

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Pacific Hornero

Furnarius cinnamomeus

White-browed Spinetail

Hellmayrea gularis

Many-striped Canastero

Asthenes flammulata

Mouse-colored Thistletail

Asthenes griseomurina

Line-cheeked Spinetail

Cranioleuca antisiensis

Azara's Spinetail

Synallaxis azarae

Undulated Antpitta

Grallaria squamigera

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta

Grallaria ruficapilla

White-bellied Antpitta

Grallaria hypoleuca

Equatorial Antpitta

Grallaria saturata

Slaty-crowned Antpitta

Grallaricula nana

Ocellated Tapaculo

Acropternis orthonyx

Scytalopus androstictus

Sierran Elaenia

Elaenia pallatangae

White-throated Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus leucophrys

White-tailed Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus poecilocercus

Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus minor

White-banded Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus stictopterus

Tufted Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes parulus

Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant

Pseudotriccus ruficeps

Orange-banded Flycatcher

Nephelomyias lintoni

Sayornis nigricans

Smoke-colored Pewee

Contopus fumigatus

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

White-browed Ground Tyrant

Muscisaxicola albilora

Rufous-tailed Tyrant

Knipolegus poecilurus

Red-rumped Bush Tyrant

Cnemarchus erythropygius

Streak-throated Bush Tyrant

Myiotheretes striaticollis

Smoky Bush Tyrant

Myiotheretes fumigatus

Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant

Agriornis montanus

Crowned Chat-Tyrant

Silvicultrix frontalis

Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca rufipectoralis

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Barred Fruiteater

Pipreola arcuata

Red-crested Cotinga

Ampelion rubrocristatus

Chestnut-crested Cotinga

Ampelion rufaxilla

Pachyramphus versicolor

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Cyanolyca turcosa

Cyanocorax yncas

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Pale-footed Swallow

Orochelidon flavipes

Hirundo rustica

Cinnycerthia unirufa

Cistothorus platensis

Plain-tailed Wren

Pheugopedius euophrys

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Troglodytes solstitialis

Chestnut-bellied Thrush

Turdus fulviventris

Passer domesticus

Anthus bogotensis

Olivaceous Siskin

Spinus olivaceus

Pale-naped Brushfinch

Atlapetes pallidinucha

Mountain Cacique

Cacicus chrysonotus

Citrine Warbler

Myiothlypis luteoviridis

Black-crested Warbler

Myiothlypis nigrocristata

Slate-throated Whitestart

Myioborus miniatus

Red-hooded Tanager

Piranga rubriceps

Catamblyrhynchus diadema

White-capped Tanager

Sericossypha albocristata

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila nigricollis

Black-capped Hemispingus

Kleinothraupis atropileus

Superciliaried Hemispingus

Thlypopsis superciliaris

Blue-backed Conebill

Conirostrum sitticolor

Plumbeous Sierra Finch

Geospizopsis unicolor

Plain-colored Seedeater

Catamenia inornata

Bluish Flowerpiercer

Diglossa caerulescens

Glossy Flowerpiercer

Diglossa lafresnayii

White-sided Flowerpiercer

Diglossa albilatera

Black Flowerpiercer

Diglossa humeralis

Golden-crowned Tanager

Iridosornis rufivertex

Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager

Dubusia taeniata

Hooded Mountain Tanager

Buthraupis montana

Masked Mountain Tanager

Tephrophilus wetmorei

Black-chested Mountain Tanager

Cnemathraupis eximia

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Blue-and-black Tanager

Tangara vassorii

Beryl-spangled Tanager

Tangara nigroviridis

Saffron-crowned Tanager

Tangara xanthocephala

Flame-faced Tanager

Tangara parzudakii

Zenaida auriculata

Andean Tit-Spinetail

Leptasthenura andicola

Brown-capped Vireo

Vireo leucophrys

Rufous-chested Tanager

Thlypopsis ornata

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

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Natural environment

Yacuri National Park

Elevation keeps temperatures mild within a humid tropical mountain setting.

Usual climateHumid tropical highlandHigh mountain

Average annual temperature 10.8 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 3,252 m High mountain

Climate pattern Humid tropical highland Also: Seasonal tropical highland

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · July 9.1 °C Monthly maximum · March 11.5 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

3,252 m · High mountain

Average terrain elevation estimate. This hotspot also includes high-mountain areas; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

3,252 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

High mountain

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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