Reserva maquipucuna

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Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve
Maquipucuna Mountains

Maquipucuna Mountains

location Ecuador
Choco-Andean Rainforest Corridor ; Pichincha Province , Quito Canton
surface 60 km²
Geographical location 0 ° 0 ′  N , 78 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 0 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 78 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  W
Reserva Maquipucuna (Ecuador)
Reserva maquipucuna
Setup date 1987
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The Reserva Maquipucuna ( English Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve ) is a nature reserve in Ecuador . It covers 6,000 hectares and is located in the Pichincha Province . The rainforest reserve is the closest to the capital Quito . The reserve comprises primary forest and secondary forest in the cloud and cloud forest region and in the municipal area of Nanegal in the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito .

geography

The reserve extends over four different habitat zones between 900 and 2,785  m above sea level in the area of ​​the Chocó-Andean Corridor . An important river that runs from east to north is the Rio Píchan . To the east extends the forest of Cachillacta and nearby is the Reserva geobotánica Pululahua (Pululahua Nature Reserve). The region is home to an immense biodiversity and is one of the five most important biodiversity hotspots worldwide.

Flora Fauna

Maquipucuna contains 4% of birds worldwide, including Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), Andean rock Hahn (Rupicola peruvianus), plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris) Lanceolated monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata) Esmeraldas antbird (Sipia nigricauda), Andean Bartvogel (Eubucco bourcierii ) and the quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps).

At least 45 species of mammals , including armadillo (armadillo), anteaters , agouti , Wickelbär (kinkajou), Puma , and 19 kinds of bats and spectacled were observed. The spectacled bear can mainly be found during the ripening period of a small avocado species in November and December.

The frog species Hyloxalus maquipucuna was described in Maquipucuna in 1995 and is so far only known from the reserve.

plants

More than 2,000 plant species have been counted in the reserve. The biologist Grady L. Webster therefore called Maquipucuna as the 'jewel the crown of the Andes' (crown jewel of the Andes) and Quito as the "world capital of biodiversity" (world capital of biodiversity ).

history

Archaeological finds testify that Yumbos people lived in the area in the pre-Inca period (before 1400). There are paths, graves and pottery finds. The main path probably runs to Cachillacta, the "salt country". Until around 1500 this was a main supplier of salt in the Chiefdom of Quito.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Maquipucuna Reserve". University of Georgia , maqui.myweb.uga.edu.
  2. ↑ geonames.org.
  3. ^ Sacred Earth Travel . September 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Maquipucuna" . January 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ 45 different mammals. January 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ LA Coloma, S. Ron: Hyloxalus maquipucuna. In: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. e.T55109A11251610, IUCN doi = 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55109A11251610.en
  7. ↑ Coloma, LA: Hyloxalus maquipucuna . In: Ron, SR, Guayasamin, JM, Yanez-Muñoz, MH, Merino-Viteri, A., Ortiz, DA and Nicolalde, DA 2014. AmphibiaWebEcuador. Version 2014.0 . Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ). 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ Fernando Justicia: Maquipucuna Reserve. Planeta Group September 27, 2012.

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