Lucas Bustamante / Treehopper (Alchisme onorei) with eggs Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / White bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) three hovering around red flowers, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Violet tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) female feeding from Passion flower (Passiflora mixta). Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) female feeding from Datura flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Chestnut-Breasted Coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua matthewsii) adult feeding from fuchsia flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca orophylax), native to South America

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca orophylax) hiding in bromeliad, native to South America

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca orophylax) in cloud the forest, Ecuador

Morley Read / Aerial tracking shot of a high-altitude bog (4,000m), such bogs generate peat over time, thus capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, near Papallacta, Ecuadorian Andes, 2018.

Morley Read / Time-lapse shot looking towards Sumaco Volcano (4,000m), Eastern Cordillera above Papallacta, Ecuador, 2018.

David Pattyn / High altitude paramo landscape on a misty day, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in paramo, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Rainforest landscape on a rainy and misty day, Guango river area, Papallacta cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Papallacta river flowing through cloud forest landscape with fern covered trees, Papallacta, Tropical Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Papallacta river flowing through cloud forest landscape with fern covered trees, Papallacta, Tropical Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Papallacta river flowing through its cloud forest landscape with fern covered trees, Papallacta, Tropical Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / High altitude paramo landscape in late afternoon, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / High altitude paramo landscape in late afternoon, Multiple image panorama, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / High altitude paramo landscape in late afternoon, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Centuries old trees in a cloud forest patch at high altitude , Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

Konrad Wothe / Tropical rainforest, Rio Papallacta, northern Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Linda's torrenteer frog (Hyloscirtus lindae) Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Linda's torrenteer (Hyloscirtus lindae) Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Linda's torrenteer frog (Hyloscirtus lindae) close up of feet with orange pads, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador .

Lucas Bustamante / Andean marsupial frog (Gastrotheca riobambae) on bromeliad, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador .

Rolf Nussbaumer / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) male feeding from passionflower (Passiflora mixta), Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America. January.

Visuals Unlimited / Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) perched on a branch near the Papallacta Pass in the highlands of central Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Long tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingi) male perched on a branch, Papallacta Pass in the highlands of central Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Chestnut crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapillas) perched on a branch, Papallacta Pass in the highlands of central Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Great thrush (Turdus fuscater) perched on a branch, Papallacta Pass, the highlands of central Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Great thrush (Turdus fuscater) perched on a branch, Papallacta Pass, the highlands of central Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea) perched on a branch and singing near the Papallacta Pass in the highlands of central Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami) perched on a plant, Papallacta Pass, Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humerialis) perched on a flower, Papallacta Pass in the highlands of central Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / White bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) in flight, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / White bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) in flight, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / White bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) in flight, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Turquoise jay (Cyanolyca turcosa) portrait, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Turquoise jay (Cyanolyca turcosa) profile portrait, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Tourmaline sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Tawny antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) found in high altitude Paramo grassland, Papallacta Valley, Tropical Andes, Papallacta Valley, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Collared inca (Coeligena torquata) in flight, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Collared inca (Coeligena torquata) profile portrait, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Chestnut breasted coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador