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Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge

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Nearest city
  
Jayanca

Area
  
113.5 km²

Address
  
Peru

Established
  
1982

Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge

Location
  
Ferreñafe Province, Lambayeque Region, Peru

Similar
  
Santuario Histórico Bosque d, Reserva Ecologica Chaparri, Comisaria Uyurpam, Túcume, Museo Señor de Sican

Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in the Ferreñafe Province, Lambayeque Region, Peru.

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Description

This 113.47-square-kilometre (43.81 sq mi) wildlife refuge in the district of Incahuasi was established October 5, 1982 through law. The main goal of this refuge is to preserve the white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis), which faces extinction.

Flora

The refuge contains several species of dry forest: hualtaco, guayacán and holy stick.

Fauna

  • Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
  • Sajino (collared peccary) (Tayassu tajacu)
  • Red-masked parakeet (Aratinga erythrogenys)
  • White-winged guan (Penelope albipennis)
  • Bearded guan (Penelope barbata)
  • Piura chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca piurae)
  • Koepcke's screech owl (Otus koepckeae)
  • Blue seedeater (Amaurospiza concolor)
  • Fasciated tiger-heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
  • Andean slaty thrush (Turdus nigriceps)
  • Anteater
  • Andean condor

    • References

    Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge Wikipedia
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