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Paramo lakes34 viewsHigh-elevation paramo habitat provides a crucial source of water to residents of Andean countries. This site, in Ecuador's Cayambe-Coca National Park, shows the true beauty of the upper paramo.
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Dracula orchid69 viewsThis attractive Dracula orchid -- named for the "little dragon" that it's center resembles; otherwise known locally as "monkey face" (cara de mono) -- blooms every year in the El Pahuma botanical garden.
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Pristimantis appendiculatus60 viewsThis frog was photographed at El Pahuma by a survey team from Ecuador's Museum of Natural Sciences; recent surveys have found a number of likely new species of Pristimantis at the reserve.
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Fuschia in flower63 views
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Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan63 viewsThis restricted-range toucan, one of the only blue toucans in the world, is threatened by habitat loss in Ecuador's mountains; luckily a healthy population can be seen at El Pahuma.
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Rainforest canopy from below51 viewsPeering up at the canopy is what gives birdwatchers sore necks!
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Blue Gentian flowers58 viewsDelicate flowers in the Gentian family grace the deep green cushion plants of the high Andean paramo.
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Brachtia andina orchid61 viewsCloud forest orchid with small attractive flowers
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White-fronted Capuchin monkey62 viewsClever monkeys that subsist on a wide range of food items, often using their dextrous hands to crack open seed pods, explore rolled up leaves for insects, and even chase bats out of hiding
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Common Woolly Monkey60 viewsThese heavy-bodied, omnivorous monkeys are one of the important dispersers of large-seeded fruits in the rainforest.
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Saki Monkey70 viewsSaki photographed from the canopy of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Mountain forest interior48 viewsDappled sun illuminates the interior of the lower forest at the El Pahuma reserve.
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Giant aroid leaf42 viewsAroids -- the family that includes Philodendron and Dieffenbachia -- are protected from leaf damage by tiny, painful crystals in their leaf tissue. Eating them is a bit like munching on a salad sprinkled with fiberglass!
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Blue-and-yellow Macaw50 viewsLucky photograph of a large macaw soaring out of the canopy, taken from the forest floor at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Common Squirrel Monkey71 viewsTraveling in troops of 40 or more through the middle levels of the rainforest, these monkeys are amazingly quick and agile.
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Nesting Andean Cock-of-the-Rock68 viewsFemale nesting on a cliffside perch, over a small stream at the El Pahuma reserve
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