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THE COUNTRY
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THE BOOK
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- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Trek Summaries
- Index
- About the Authors
- About the Publisher
A SAMPLE TREK
- Overview
- Route Description
- Topographic Map
- Elevation Profile
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(Appendix D, Supplement)
The following are some of the wild animals that might be found along the trekking routes described in this book. For additional information see the fauna references listed in Appendix B: Further Reading. Domestic animals are listed in Appendix C: Trekker's Vocabulary.
Click here to see this list sorted by English name.
| Ecuadorean Spanish / Quichua* |
English | Scientific Name (Latin) |
| agachadiza | snipe | Gallinago spp |
| ardilla | squirrel | Sciurus spp |
| arenilla | sand-fly | |
| armadillo | armadillo | Dasypus spp |
| azulejo | Blue-Gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| brujo, mosquero bermellón | Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| buho, lechuza | owl | |
| cóndor, cundur* | Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus |
| cacique | Mountain Cacique | Cacicus leucoramphus |
| cerceta andina | Andean Teal | Anas andinus |
| cervicabra | Brocket Deer | Mazama rufina |
| chorongo | Woolly Monkey | Lagothrix lagotricha |
| colibrí, picaflor, quinde | hummingbird | Family Trochilidae |
| conejo | rabbit | Sylvilagus brasiliensis |
| culebra, serpiente | snake | |
| curiquingue | Carunculated Caracara | Phalcoboenus carunculatos |
| focha andina | Andean Coot | Fulica ardesiaca |
| gallo de la peña | Cock of the Rock | Rupicola peruviana |
| garrapata | tick | |
| gavilán variable | Red-backed Hawk | Buteo spp |
| gavilán | hawk | |
| gaviota andina | Andean Gull | Larus serranus |
| golondrina | Blue-and-White Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca |
| guacamayo frentecastaño | Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severa |
| guacamayo militar | Military Macaw | Ara militaris |
| guanta | Agouti | Agouti paca |
| guatusa | Paca | Dasyprocta punctata |
| jaguar, tigre americano | jaguar | Panthera onça |
| león, puma* | Mountain Lion, Puma | Felis concolor |
| ligles, gli-gli | Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens |
| lobo de páramo | Andean Fox | Dusicyon culpaeus |
| loro(a) | parrot | |
| luciérnaga | fire-fly | |
| machín | Capuchin Monkey | Cebus spp |
| mariposa | butterfly | |
| mirlo | blackbird | Turdus fuscater |
| mono araña | Spider Monkey | Ateles spp |
| mono aullador | Howler Monkey | Alouatta seniculus |
| mono | monkey | |
| morfo | blue morpho butterfly | Morpho spp |
| mosquito | blackfly | |
| oropendola | oropendola | family Icteridae |
| oso de anteojos | Spectacled Bear | Tremarctos ornatus |
| oso hormiguero | anteater | Tamadua tetradactyla |
| pájaro carpintero | woodpecker | |
| papagayo | macaw | Ara spp |
| pato andino | Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea |
| pato | duck | |
| pava | guan | |
| perezoso | sloth | |
| periquito | parakeet | |
| predicador | mountain-toucan | Andigena spp |
| pudú, ciervo enano | Pudu Deer, Toy Deer | Pudu mephistophiles |
| quilico | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| quin-quin | Green Jay, Inca Jay | Cyanocorax ynca |
| quinde Chimborazo | Chimborazo Hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo |
| rana | frog | |
| raposa | opossum | Didelphis spp |
| ratón marsupial | marsupial mouse | Caenolestes spp |
| sanguijuela | leech | |
| sapo | toad | |
| tángara | tanager | family Thraupidae |
| tórtola | dove | |
| tapir, danta, gran bestia | Mountain Tapir | Tapirus pinchaque |
| tayo, guácharo | Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis |
| torcaza, paloma | Band-tailed Pigeon | Columba fasciata |
| venado cola blanca | White-tailed Deer | Odocoileus virginianus |
| venado | deer | |
| vicuña | vicuna | Vicugna vicugna |
| X (equis) | Fer-De-Lance snake | Bothrops spp |
| zancudo | mosquito | |
| zorro hediondo, zorrillo | skunk | Conepatus chinga |