Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco (Jocotoco Conservation Foundation) is an

Ecuadorian Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are colle ...

non-governmental A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

environmental organization. It was established to purchase and protect land important to the conservation of endangered

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

s in Ecuador. Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco established its first reserve, the Tapichalaca Biological Reserve, in 1998 to protect the type locality and main range of the newly discovered

Jocotoco antpitta The jocotoco antpitta (''Grallaria ridgelyi'') is an endangered antpitta, a bird from Ecuador and Peru. It was discovered in 1997, and scientifically described in 1999. Description The jocotoco antpitta is a large (150–200 g) antpitta ...

(''Grallaria ridgelyi''). The reserve now protects more than 2870 hectares of forest and an associated 380+ species of birds and numerous range-restricted plants, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates. Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco has established eleven reserves protecting : *Ayampe, Dry forest near the Pacific Ocean.

Esmeraldas woodstar The Esmeraldas woodstar (''Chaetocercus berlepschi'') is a rare, neotropical species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. There are six different species in the woodstar genus''.'' Most of them are poorly studied due to their small size, ext ...

great green macaw The great green macaw (''Ara ambiguus''), also known as Buffon's macaw or the great military macaw, is a Central and South American parrot found in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Two allopatric subspecies are rec ...

. *Buenaventura, wet upper foot hill forest on west slope of Andes. One of only a few localities for

El Oro parakeet The El Oro parakeet, conure D'Orcès, cotorra de El Oro, or perico de El Oro (''Pyrrhura orcesi'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae, endemic to Ecuador. It is a relatively newly identified species, having been discovered in 1980. L ...

, and El Oro tapaculo. Also the Giant Caecilian has been found here. *Chakana (formerly Antisanilla), highland paramo southeast of Quito.

Andean condor The Andean condor (''Vultur gryphus'') is a giant South American Cathartid vulture and is the only member of the genus ''Vultur''. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, the Andean condor is the larg ...

and spectacled bear. *Copalinga, wet foot hill forest on eastern slope of Andes, very close to Zamora and

Podocarpus National Park Podocarpus National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Podocarpus) is a national park located in the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Loja, in the south-east of Ecuador. It was created in 1982. It covers 1462.80 km2, from two spurs of the eas ...

. *Jorupe, Tumbesian dry forest. Henna-hooded foliage-gleaner, rufous-necked foliage-gleaner, blackish-headed spinetail, gray-headed antbird. *Narupa, wet foothill forest on the east slope of the Andes.

Coppery-chested jacamar The coppery-chested jacamar (''Galbula pastazae'') is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Coppery-chested Jacamar (''Galbula pastazae''), version 1.0 ...

, Napo sabrewing, many other foothill species. *Río Canandé, wet Chocó lowlands of the northwest. Scarlet-breasted dacnis, banded ground-cuckoo, great curassow, golden-chested tanager. *Tapichalaca, wet lower subtropical forest up to páramo on east slope of Andes.

golden-plumed parakeet The golden-plumed parakeet (''Leptosittaca branickii'') is a Neotropical parrot species within the family Psittacidae, belonging to the monotypic genus ''Leptosittaca''. This somewhat ''Aratinga''-like species is found in humid temperate highland ...

, white-necked parakeet, Peruvian antpitta,

bicolored antvireo The bicolored antvireo (''Dysithamnus occidentalis'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found on the west slope of the Andes from southwest Colombia to northwest Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tr ...

, masked saltator, greater scythebill. *Utuana, temperate forest on slopes above inter-Andean valley. Piura hemispingus, rainbow starfrontlet, black-crested tit-tyrant. *Yanacocha, upper temperate forest on Volcán Pichincha.

Black-breasted puffleg The black-breasted puffleg (''Eriocnemis nigrivestis'') is a species of hummingbird native to Ecuador. It is Critically Endangered, with no more than 250 individuals remaining in the wild. Description The species reaches a length of 8–9 ...

(one of the few remaining world localities for this critically endangered species),

imperial snipe The imperial snipe (''Gallinago imperialis'') is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1 ...

, rainbow-bearded thornbill. *Yunguilla, woodland south of Cuenca. Only known locality for the critically endangered pale-headed brush-finch. Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco supports an active research program at the reserves. Projects include: * Documenting reproductive biology and identifying critical breeding habitat of

in coastal Ecuador

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