Make an Exhibit for that Country - Ecuador Part 2 - Sierras and Cordilleras

1) Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), Western mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea) and Culpeo/Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) – Hilly exhibit with rocks, pool and creek, live trees and vegetation and climbing structures

1A – Spectacled bear and carnivore den building: mock rock building with green/living roof built into the landscape and structure of the exhibit

“La Hacienda”: Hacienda-style building with a restaurant on the ground floor and an education center viewing window on the two upper levels. This building is surrounded by terraces with viewing of the Spectacled bear exhibits and the Andean condor and caracara aviaries.

2) Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) – Aviary with rock walls, rock structures, pool and creek, grassy and sandy areas and live and dead trees

3) Carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) – Aviary with rock walls, rock structures, pool and creek, grassy and sandy areas and live and dead trees

4) Hummingbird and passerine house – Climate-controlled greenhouse building with individual and pair or small group glass-fronted forest aviaries

Hummingbirds

• Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis)
• Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
• Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata)
• Ecuadorian Hillstar or Chimborazo Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo)
• Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)
• Purple-throated woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii)
• Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)
• Violet-throated metaltail (Metallura baroni)
• White-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)
• Wire-crested thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
• Buff-winged starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae)
• Amethyst-throated sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)

Passerines

• Jocotoco antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi)
• Golden grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)
• Flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii)
• Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
• Silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
• Masked flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea)
• Scarlet-rumped cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
• Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla)
• Golden-collared honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus)
• Turquoise jay (Cyanolyca turcosa)
• Buff-breasted mountain tanager (Dubusia taeniata)
• Glistening-green tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis)

4A – Off-show conservation breeding facility and bird nursery with visitor viewing windows

5) Amphibian house – Climate-controlled mock rock building with skylights with moist montane forest and cloud forest-based terraria and one forest river aquarium

• Mutable rainfrog (Pristimantis mutabilis)
• Darwin-Wallace Poison frog (Epipedobates darwinwallacei)
• Phantasmal Poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
• Rio Faisanes harlequin toad (Atelopus coynei)
• Atelopus nanay
• Mindo harlequin toad (Atelopus mindoensis)
• Onore's harlequin toad (Atelopus onorei)
• Pepper glassfrog (Nymphargus griffithsi)
• Ornate rainfrog (Pristimantis ornatissimus)
• Intac Caecilian (Caecilia pachynema)

5A – Amphibian conservation breeding facility with viewing windows and educational display

6) Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) – Tall netted exhibits with live trees and climbing structure, and a tall greenhouse building with similarly structured indoor exhibits

7) Páramo (highland grass and shrublands) exhibits inspired by the Ingapirca site in Cañar province, Ecuador

7A – Andean ibis (Theristicus branickii) and Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) - Aviary with grassy and sandy areas, shrubs, dead trees, two pools and a creek

7B - Páramo ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus), Páramo pipit (Anthus bogotensis), Páramo seedeater (Catamenia homochroa) and Rufous-bellied seedsnipe (Attagis gayi) - Aviary with tall grass, shrubs, dead branches and a wooden feeding area

7C – Andean cottontail (Sylvilagus andinus) – Exhibit with rocky areas, sandy hills with artificial burrows and opportunities for natural digging, short and tall grasses and shrubs with protected roots and log shelters

7D – Domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) – Exhibit with rocky areas, sandy hills with artificial burrows and opportunities for natural digging, short and tall grasses and shrubs with protected roots and log shelters

7E – Indoor pens with soil, straw, logs and dens for rabbits and guinea pigs and indoor aviaries with mulch floor, branches, nesting boxes and pools in Ingapirca-inspired building, with small visitor area with viewing windows

7F – Vicuña paddock (Vicugna vicugna) – Hilly short grass paddock with stony areas, a small pool, a shelter structure with a feeding rack, some areas with shrubs, tall grasses and small trees providing shade and an Ingapirca-inspired stable building

7G – Alpaca paddock (Vicugna pacos) – Hilly short grass paddock with stony areas, a small pool, a shelter structure with a feeding rack, some areas with shrubs, tall grasses and small trees providing shade and an Ingapirca-inspired stable building

8) Toucan Rock aviaries – Montane forest-based aviaries with rocky outcroppings, live vegetation and dead logs and branches

8A – Crimson-rumped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) and Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii)

8B – Black-billed mountain toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) and Tawny-breasted tinamou (Nothocercus julius)

8C – Grey-breasted mountain toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) and Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii)

8D – Chestnut-tipped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus derbianus) and Tawny-breasted tinamou (Nothocercus julius)

9) Rock building with nocturnal exhibits with a cave area and a forest area

• Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
• Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
• Spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum)

10) Pampas cat or Cococolo (Leopardus colocola garleppi) – Rocky Páramo exhibits with green/living roof building built into the landscape of the exhibits

11) Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) and Little red brocket deer (Mazama rufina) - Montane forest and Páramo grass/shrubland inspired exhibits

11A – Tapir greenhouse

11B – Little red brocket deer separation area with gates to connect tapir paddocks when needed

11C – Large pool with underwater viewing area

12) Montane forest aviary block and bird house – Montane forest-based aviaries with live vegetation and dead logs and branches, greenhouse building with mulch-floored indoor aviaries with live plants and off-show aviaries

12A – Andean guan (Penelope montagnii) and Plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris)

12B – Red-faced parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops) and Grey tinamou (Tinamus tao)

12C – Giant conebill (Conirostrum binghami) and Speckled chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)

12D – Toucan barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) and White-throated quail dove (Zentrygon frenata)

12E – Golden-plumed parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii) and Wattled guan (Aburria aburri)

12F – Spot-winged parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) and Highland tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei)

13) Andean River exhibits with rocks, substantial height differences, a cascading creek with waterfalls, sparse grasses and shrubs along banks and underwater viewing areas for dippers and torrent ducks; indoor exhibits with rocks and creeks in greenhouse also housing montane forest birds

13A – White-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)

13B – Torrent duck (Merganetta armata)

13C – Andean gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)

14) Kinkajou (Potos flavus) – Tall arboreal carnivore exhibits with live trees and shrubs, natural fiber ropes and nets and wooden tree houses for indoor housing

15) Crimson-mantled woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii) – Aviary with tree house for indoor housing, live shrubs and dead trees and logs with feeding holes

16) Cloud/Montane forest aviary

16A - Large walk-through aviary with lush vegetation of grasses, herbs, shrubs and trees, dead logs and branches, natural fiber ropes, substantial height differences, pools and creeks and wooden feeding platforms

16B – Cloud forest bird greenhouse with mulch floor, live plants, dead logs and branches, wooden shelters and feeding platforms and pools

Species list:

• Northern pudu (Pudu mephistophiles)
• White-breasted conure (Pyrrhura albipectus)
• Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruviana)
• Red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
• Crested quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)
• Andean motmot (Momotus aequatorialis)
• Masked trogon (Trogon personatus)
• Great thrush (Turdus fuscater)
• Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager (Anisognathus igniventris lunulatus)
• Masked saltator (Saltator cinctus)
• Greater scythebill (Drymotoxeres pucheranii)

17) Mountain lion, Cougar or Puma (Puma concolor) – Exhibits representing different mountain lion habitats: rocky mountainous area and creek valley, Páramo grasslands and shrubs and montane forest; the indoor cave dens and a visitor corridor will be built into the rocky hill area