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The Tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot extends from Venezuela to northern Chile and Argentina, covering a total of more than 500,000 square kilometres. This region has the greatest biodiversity of plants, birds and amphibians in the world with more than 15,000 endemic plant species, 500 endemic bird species and 600 endemic frog species. The Tropical Andes hotspot is notable for its variety of hummingbird species, for the world's largest flying bird the Ancean condor and for the world's deepest gorge, the Colca Canyon.
Frailejones plants in paramo habitat {Espeletia pycnophylla} El Angel Reserve, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Frailejones plants in paramo habitat {Espeletia pycnophylla} El Angel Reserve, Ecuador
Puya hamata, terrestrial bromeliad and Frailejones. El Angel Ecological Reserve (Paramo habitat), Carchi Province, Northern Andes, Ecuador. South America
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Pete Oxford / Puya hamata, terrestrial bromeliad and Frailejones. El Angel Ecological Reserve (Paramo habitat), Carchi Province, Northern Andes, Ecuador. South America
Flowering Puya {Puya hamata} + Frailejones {Espeletia pycnophylla} paramo, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Flowering Puya {Puya hamata} + Frailejones {Espeletia pycnophylla} paramo, Ecuador
Frailejones {Espeletia pycnophylla} - tall plants and {Espeletia sp.} - short plants. El Angel Ecological Reserve, 3700 m above sea level. Paramo habitat. Andes, NE Ecuador. Endemic plants to northern...
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Pete Oxford / Frailejones {Espeletia pycnophylla} - tall plants and {Espeletia sp.} - short plants. El Angel Ecological Reserve, 3700 m above sea level. Paramo habitat. Andes, NE Ecuador. Endemic plants to northern...
Montane rainforest at an altitude of 2000 metres. Eastern Andes, Peru.
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Kevin Schafer / Montane rainforest at an altitude of 2000 metres. Eastern Andes, Peru.
Fog shrouded canopy in Montane Rainforest, Yungas, eastern Andes, Peru.
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Kevin Schafer / Fog shrouded canopy in Montane Rainforest, Yungas, eastern Andes, Peru.
Primary rainforest, Western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Primary rainforest, Western slope of Andes, Ecuador
Bromeliad in flower (Bromeliaceae) within the Upland Amazon Rainforest in the Eastern slopes of the Andes mountains, Cusco Department, Peru.
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad in flower (Bromeliaceae) within the Upland Amazon Rainforest in the Eastern slopes of the Andes mountains, Cusco Department, Peru.
Looking down into the leaves of a Puya plant {Puya raimondii} Bolivia
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Pete Oxford / Looking down into the leaves of a Puya plant {Puya raimondii} Bolivia
{Puya raimondii} in flower, largest bromeliad in the world, Bolivia
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / {Puya raimondii} in flower, largest bromeliad in the world, Bolivia
Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) forest. Peru. June 2012.
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Martha Holmes / Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) forest. Peru. June 2012.
Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) forest, Peru. June 2012.
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Martha Holmes / Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) forest, Peru. June 2012.