Isla de la Plata explained
| Isla de la Plata |
| Map: | Ecuador |
| Location: | Manabí Province, Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | -1.2786°N -81.0686°W |
| Area Km2: | 5.9 |
Isla de la Plata is a small island off the coast of Manabí, Ecuador, and is part of Parque Nacional Machalilla. Guided tours of the island are given on a couple of different hiking trails. It can be reached by boat from the city of Puerto López, which is 40 km away.[1]
History
There is a shrine from Inca times located on the island.[2]
Environment
On the island, there is a large diversity of animal species,[3] [4] including the blue-footed booby, red-footed booby, and the Nazca booby.[5] [6] Another species found here is the South American sea lion.[7]
Important Bird Area
The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of resident Esmeraldas woodstars, magnificent frigatebirds and blue-footed boobies, breeding waved albatrosses, and wandering tattlers on passage.[8]
In popular culture
Isla de la Plata is featured in an episode of the travel series Jet Set Zero.
Gallery
File:Blue-footed Booby at Isla de la Plata.jpg|Blue-footed booby on Isla de la Plata in winter.File:Blue-footed Booby with young.jpg|Blue-footed booby with new young on Isla de la Plata.File:Isla de la Plata tour.jpg|Tour guide addresses customers at the beginning of a tour.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Isla de la Plata - Ecuador's other Galapagos. Sarah. Gilbert. 27 November 2010. the Guardian.
- Book: Ancient South America - Karen Olsen Bruhns - Google Books . 1994-08-04. 2014-04-19. 9780521277617 . Bruhns . Karen Olsen . Bruhns . Dr Karen Olsen .
- Cisneros-Heredia . D.F. . 2005 . La avifauna de la isla de La Plata, Parque Nacional Machalilla, Ecuador, con notas sobre nuevos registros . Cotinga . 24 . 22-27.
- Book: Amy E. Robertson. Moon Volunteer Vacations in Latin America. 19 November 2013. Avalon Publishing. 978-1-61238-642-3. 240–.
- Book: Robin Restall. Juan Freile. Birds of Ecuador. 8 March 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4729-2565-7. 64–.
- Book: Andrés Vásquez Noboa. Wildlife of Ecuador: A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians. 30 May 2017. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-8505-3. 78–.
- Book: Ronald M. Nowak. Ernest Pillsbury Walker. Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. 28 May 2003. JHU Press. 978-0-8018-7343-0. 16–.
- Web site: Isla de la Plata . . 2024. BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024-09-29.
