IUCN Species of the Day: Pale-Headed Brush-Finch
Photo credit: A. Soronza The Pale-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Tag: Ecuador
IUCN Species of the Day: Santiago Galapagos Mouse
Photo credit: Donna Harris The Santiago Galapagos Mouse, Nesoryzomys swarthi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Believed extinct until its rediscovery in 1997, this species occurs only in a small area of Continue Reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Burrowe’s Giant Glass Frog
Photo credit: Tim Krynak The Burrowes’ Giant Glass Frog, Centrolene ballux, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It can be found in humid mountain forests in the Saloya River Valley in Continue Reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Black-Breasted Puffleg
Photo credit: Steve Blain The Black-breasted Puffleg, Eriocnemis nigrivestis, qualifies as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is a species of hummingbird known to occur at only two locations in Ecuador. The Continue Reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Pampas Cat
Photo credit: Marcio Motta The Pampas Cat, Leopardus colocolo, is listed as ‘NEAR THREATENED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It occurs in central Brazil, and from the Peruvian Andes to south-western South America, where, Continue Reading