This is a guest post by author and biologist Fernanda Salazar Vaca. She sells handy field guides for Ecuadorian birds, plants, and animals and makes delivery easy to your hotel or home in Quito. She can also send books to many international addresses upon request.
Welcome to Mega-Diverse Ecuador!
A country full of birds, orchids, bears, culture, and beauty, all at the center of the world
Bird are the most studied and observed group of animals in the world. Their fantastic colors and their ability to fly, as well as the ease of finding them, make birdwatching a beloved and addictive pastime! Despite our rich culture, many tourists come to Ecuador just for the wildlife! Ecuador is home to approximately 431 species of mammals and aroudn of 1600 species of birds, including a hummingbird recently discovered in the Oro Province, the Blue-throated Hillstar.
For this reason, if you are a keen observer of nature, you will want to arrive in Ecuador well prepared for wildlife watching.
About the Field Guides
If you are a naturalist or a birdwatcher, you might like to know that I sell books that cover much of the biodiversity in Ecuador. These include field guides on birds, hummingbirds, mammals, butterflies, plants and educational booklets. I also offer accesories inspired in ecuadorian biodiversity and edition on the fauna of Ecuador that is slightly more scientific in tone than the average field guide.
Furthermore, I can make it easier for you to purchase these guides without ever having to look in a bookstore. I can deliver them directly to your door (house or hotel, apartment or hostel!).
Here are a list of the books and their prices:
Gorras ECUADOR PAJARERO
Aves bordadas con aves ecuatorianas
$ 13
Field Guide of the Birds of Ecuador
Miles McMullan & Lelis Navarrete
2017
$35
Field Guide to the Hummingbirds
Miles McMullan
2016
$32
Frutos y semillas de los Bosques Montanos - Sur Ecuador
Valarezo
2020
$21
Jambij Yuracuna. Plantas que curan
Haboud, Ortega, Farinango, Farinango
2019
$23
Posters Bosques Nublados
Bosque Otanga, Ecuador
$4
Plantas útiles de Otonga
Onore
$ 25
Field Guide of Ecuadorian Mammals (Spanish and English versions)
Diego Tirira
2017
$ 45
Los Colibríes unas aves casi sobrenaturales
Fernando Ortiz Crespo
2011
$58
Ecología de Mariposas del Ecuador
Xavier Silva
2012
$25
Hummingbirds of Ecuador: A Field Guide
Robert Ridgely and Murray Cooper
2011
$30
Los Colibríes. Historia Natural de unas aves casi sobrenaturales.
Fernando Ortiz Crespo
2011
$58
La Expedición de Humboldt y Bonpland en la antigua provincia de Guayaquil en Ecuador
Ruales y Cornejo
202
$24
Flora Alausensis
Carlos Ruales
2018
$25
Macrohongos del Ecuador. Notas Etnomicológicas
Pául Gamboa
2019
$32.50
Flores Nativas de Quito
Susana León-Yánez
2007
$18
Naturalistas en la Cocina
Buglioni, Resmini
2019
$ 15
How To Order Books
If you have any questions or are looking for other Ecuadorian books related to nature, please contact:
Fernanda Salazar Vaca
Telephone: +593-98-991-4922
Email: mafer83600@hotmail.com
For an up-to-date PDF of books and their descriptions, please send an email or WhatsApp message to Fernanda!
About Fernanda
My name is Fernanda Salazar Vaca, a biologist by training who leads birdwatching tours and works as an outdoor educator. Thanks to my mother, I am a bird lover. I will maintain that love until the day I die (if the winged beings do not chase me to the next world!).
Currently, with my small business, NatureBooks, I help nature lovers find the books they want and need. I work with educational projects related to nature such as birding in urban zones in Quito, conduct workshops, and have an idea about creating an inclusive environmental education project with people who are deaf.
We also collaborate with Ecuadorian tour groups and the Provincial government of Pichincha in order to strengthen local knowledge of Ecuadorian birds.
