page_title: Arenillas Ecological Reserve
hierarchical_section_title: Arenillas Ecological Reserve
caption_attribution_description: Brotogeris pyrrhoptera English: Grey-cheeked Parakeet (also known as the Fire-winged Parakeet) at El Empalme (also known officially as Velasco Ibarra), a town located in Guayas, Ecuador,
context_page_description: Arenillas Ecological Reserve is a 17,083-hectare protected area in Ecuador situated in the El Oro Province, in the Arenillas Canton and in the Huaquillas Canton.
  Known mammals in the reserve, according to a 1993 study include the Sechuran fox, the nine-banded armadillo, Robinson's mouse opossum, the Pacific spiny-rat, the jaguarundi, the tayra, the greater bulldog bat, the common vampire bat, the crab-eating raccoon and the Guayaquil squirrel. There are also 153 species of birds of which 35% are endemic. The reserve is a BirdLife International IBA with the following endangered birds: grey-cheeked parakeet, slaty becard, and blackish-headed spinetail.
  The region is managed by the ministry of defense and visitors must get permission from them to visit the area.
context_section_description: Arenillas Ecological Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Ecológica Arenillas) is a 17,083-hectare (42,210-acre) protected area in Ecuador situated in the El Oro Province, in the Arenillas Canton and in the Huaquillas Canton. 
  Known mammals in the reserve, according to a 1993 study include the Sechuran fox (Lycalopex sechurae), the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Robinson's mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni), the Pacific spiny-rat (Proechimys decumamus), the jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi), the tayra (Eira barbara), the greater bulldog bat, the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) and the Guayaquil squirrel (Sciurus stramineus). There are also 153 species of birds of which 35% are endemic. The reserve is a BirdLife International IBA with the following endangered birds: grey-cheeked parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhoptera), slaty becard (Pachyramphus spodiurus), and blackish-headed spinetail (Synallaxis tithys).
  The region is managed by the ministry of defense and visitors must get permission from them to visit the area.
caption: Grey-cheeked parakeet
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