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Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan354 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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Cath & Joe & Antisana249 viewsCeiba professors enjoy a welcome break, lying on the soft paramo cushion plants while towering Antisana Volcano pokes her snow-covered head out of the clouds
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Red Howler Monkey316 viewsThese monkeys routinely growl, bark and howl -- giving them their common name -- at dawn and dusk, when other troops are near, and to signal (complain about?) an incoming rain shower.
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Dracula orchid369 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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Orange-winged Amazon parrot352 viewsA large parrot from the Amazon, mugging for the camera.
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Spiderweb and cloud forest406 viewsA bullhorn spider (Micrathena sp.) is dotted with mist, with early morning cloud forest as its backdrop
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Red Titi Monkey379 viewsHandsome monkey eating fruits of a Cecropia tree.
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Misty rainforest canopy422 viewsMist lies thick atop the trees of the Amazon rainforest; much of this moisture is actually exhaled by plants during the night (transpiration).
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Common Squirrel Monkey360 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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Fuschia in flower327 views
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Paramo lakes205 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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Saki Monkey362 viewsSaki photographed from the canopy of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Nazca Booby253 viewsFormerly known as the Masked Booby, these seabirds nest on oceanside cliffs by the thousands.
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Common Woolly Monkey647 viewsThese heavy-bodied, omnivorous monkeys are one of the important dispersers of large-seeded fruits in the rainforest.
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Dipsas gracilis336 viewsThis snail eating snake, photographed at night at the Lalo Loor Dry Forest Reserve, uses its flexibly and dislocating lower jaw to inch around the inside of a curled snail shell until it's lower teeth snag on the snail and pull it out to be eaten.
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Las Pozas waterfall278 viewsThis waterfall, located a short walk from El Pahuma's entrance, probably was used by the Yumbo people in pre-Colombian times; tourists still enjoy the cool waters of the pool at the falls' base.
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