| Cerro Blanco Forest Spanish: Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Ecuador |
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| Website | www |
Cerro Blanco Forest (Spanish: Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco) is a tropical dry forest reserve in the Guayas Province of Ecuador. It belongs to the company Holcim Ecuador and is administered by the foundation Fundación Pro-Bosque. It can be visited. More than 200 species of birds,[1] more than 50 species of mammals (more than twenty of them bats), more than 10 species of reptiles and 10 species of amphibians can be seen, along with a variety of spiders, butterflies and other animals. It is known for its howler monkeys.[2] Jaguars are also said to occur here.[3]
It is the most important conservation area for the southern population of the Guayaquil macaw, Ara ambiguus ssp. guayaquilensis, endemic to western coastal Ecuador.[4]
- ^ BirdLife fact sheet
- ^ Recorre la naturaleza en el bosque protector Cerro Blanco, Ecuavisa, November 29, 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Parrot of Guayaquil - Welcome to Guayaquil, Official tourism website". Guayaquil es mi Destino. Empresa Pública Municipal de Turismo, Promoción Cívica y Relaciones Internacionales de Guayaquil, EP. 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Aguilar, Daniela (21 May 2017). "Papagayo de Guayaquil: ave emblema de la ciudad bajo amenaza por la destrucción de su hábitat". Mongabay (in Spanish). Mongabayorg Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2019.