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]

Cerro Blanco Forest
Spanish: Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco
Geography
LocationEcuador
Administration
Websitewww.bosquecerroblanco.ec
Tarantula

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]

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife fact sheet
  2. ^ Recorre la naturaleza en el bosque protector Cerro Blanco, Ecuavisa, November 29, 2016 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.