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gives the ecoregion a status of "Critical/Endangered". In the past, the ecoregion suffered from extract of selected fauna and flora. This included capture of parrots and parakeets for sale as pets, hunting some mammals and reptiles for food, and extraction of wood for firewood, charcoal and timber.
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mean annual temperature is just under 24 °C (75 °F), with average maximum of 30 °C (86 °F) and minimum of 18 °C (64 °F). Mean monthly temperatures range from 21.6 °C (70.9 °F) in July–August to 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) in
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There is a wide range of habitats, including desert areas with shrubs and cactuses and dense thorn forests. Many species of flora are endemic, adapted to the arid conditions. Large areas are covered by seasonal dry forests that lose their leaves after the rainy season. Common species in the dry
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The Tumbes–Piura dry forests ecoregion has an area of 4,118,081 hectares (10,176,000 acres). The northern tip is in the southern coastal plain of
Ecuador, while most of the ecoregion is in the northwestern coastal plain of Peru. It covers all or part of the regions of
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is a major event in the region, when rainfall increases and thousands of plants species germinate, providing food for many animal species.
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As of 2000 some recent improvements had been observed, in part due to
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Typical fauna of the Tumbes-Piura dry forests include
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Southwestern
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528:is mainly made up of shrubs such as papelillo (
270:extend along the coast of central Ecuador. The
419:tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
277:The northern tip of the ecoregion adjoins the
77:Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
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898:Tumbes-Piura dry forests – Global Species
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951:Arteaga, Bustamante & Guayasamin n.d
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321:epoch. Higher up the soils are made of
291:Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
142:41,180 km (15,900 sq mi)
95:Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
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1039:Tumbesian-Andean Valleys Dry Forests
226:Tumbesian-Andean Valleys Dry Forests
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287:Northwestern Andean montane forests
105:Gulf of Guayaquil–Tumbes mangroves
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1102:Neotropical dry broadleaf forests
554:is mainly composed of algarrobo (
22:Tumbes–Piura dry forests (NT0232)
1025:, WWF: World Wildlife Foundation
633:. Endangered amphibians include
518:forest mainly holds the endemic
333:quartzites and black slate, and
283:South American Pacific mangroves
115:Northwest Andean montane forests
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791:Cerros de Amotape National Park
605:). Endangered reptiles include
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48:Ecoregion territory (in purple)
1019:Salcedo, Juan Carlos Riveros,
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367:Köppen climate classification
236:(NT0232) is an arid tropical
985:Ecuador Dry Tropical Forests
660:). Endangered birds include
438:Magdalena Valley dry forests
403:El Niño–Southern Oscillation
279:Guayaquil flooded grasslands
100:Guayaquil flooded grasslands
1008:, Ecuador: Tropical Herping
972:, Third Millennium Alliance
502:Pitthecellobium multiflorum
201:BWh: arid; desert; hot arid
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1080:, WWF: World Wildlife Fund
1058:"Tumbes-Piura dry forests"
627:Callopistes flavipunctatus
782:World Wildlife Foundation
734:blackish-headed spinetail
421:biome. It is part of the
307:Cordillera Central páramo
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718:yellow-bellied seedeater
442:Cauca Valley dry forests
434:Patía Valley dry forests
365:The climate is dry. The
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770:Psittacara erythrogenys
674:Pseudastur occidentalis
570:Pseudastur occidentalis
540:). The area is rich in
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16:Arid tropical ecoregion
1064:, Myers Enterprises II
990:The Nature Conservancy
722:Sporophila nigricollis
690:Pachyramphus spodiurus
666:Brotogeris pyrrhoptera
635:phantasmal poison frog
619:Eretmochelys imbricata
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460:Loxopterygium huasango
430:Ecuadorian dry forests
423:Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena
268:Ecuadorian dry forests
1107:Ecoregions of Ecuador
762:Cyanocorax mystacalis
662:grey-cheeked parakeet
639:Epipedobates tricolor
587:Tamandua tetradactyla
572:) in southern Ecuador
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484:Caesalpinea corymbosa
969:Biodiversity Hotspot
742:bronze-winged parrot
702:Peruvian plantcutter
615:hawksbill sea turtle
521:Ceiba trischistandra
478:Ziziphus thyrsiflora
426:biodiversity hotspot
1005:Reptiles of Ecuador
766:red-masked parakeet
754:Spinus siemiradzkii
746:Pionus chalcopterus
706:Phytotoma raimondii
698:Penelope albipennis
682:Myiarchus semirufus
446:Marañón dry forests
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299:Marañón dry forests
285:and to the east by
216:Critical/endangered
212:Conservation status
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658:Icterus graceannae
654:white-edged oriole
595:Sciurus stramineus
591:Guayaquil squirrel
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472:Bursera graveolens
274:rise to the east.
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738:Synallaxis tithys
694:white-winged guan
678:rufous flycatcher
583:southern tamandua
508:Geoffroya striata
490:Capparis angulata
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1096:Categories
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1077:WildFinder
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1050:2017-04-15
1029:2017-04-15
1012:2020-06-15
995:2017-04-15
976:2017-04-14
552:algarrobal
329:granites,
260:Lambayeque
222:Global 200
173:80°21′40″W
36:dry forest
526:chaparral
343:Zarumilla
327:Paleozoic
264:Cajamarca
238:ecoregion
170:5°44′10″S
147:Countries
134:Geography
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556:Prosopis
547:Prosopis
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331:Devonian
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787:El Niño
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151:Ecuador
83:Borders
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347:Tumbes
339:Guayas
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797:Notes
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577:Fauna
452:Flora
355:Chira
351:Piura
272:Andes
256:Piura
72:Biome
60:Realm
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