ABOUT AYAMPE RESERVE

Province: Manabí

Nearby community: Las Tunas

Creation date: 2012

Area: 2.000 hectares (property of the local community)

Annual average temperature: 24 °C

Ecosystem: Dry Tropical Forest, Semideciduous Lowland Forest, Mangrove.

Altitudinal range: 0 240 m

Flora and Fauna: Estrellita Esmeraldeña, White Bat, Dorsigris Sparrowhawk, Cachetigris Parakeet, Guayaquileño Woodpecker, Little Girl, Slatey Cabezon, Attila Ocrácea, Capuchirrufa Rascahojas.

The Ayampe River Reserve was created with the objective of protecting the Esmeraldas Woodstar hummingbird (Chaetocercus berlepschi), which is critically endangered and inhabits only a small area of the western Ecuadorian coast.