Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Cerro Blanco Forest
Forest in Ecuador From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
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]
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads