• Key Information

  • Yasuni National Park

  • Type
    Equatorial National Park
  • Area
    3,793 sq miles
  • Reptiles
    121 species
  • Fish
    382 species
  • Birds
    596 species
  • Insects
    100,000 species
  • Plants
    4,000 species
  • Learning Point
  • Yasuni National Park is one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth, with many species animals and plants, covering part of the Amazon Basin, the Equator and the Andes Mountains.
  • Project
  • Draw a picture of the Yasuni National Park.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Ecuador
  • Fun Facts
  • The park breaks world records for local-scale tree, amphibian, and bat species richness, and is one of the richest spots in the world for birds and mammals at local scales as well.
  • Although only covering less than 0.15% of the Amazon Basin, Yasuni is home to approximately one-third of amphibian and reptile species.
  • Yasuni is also home to at least 596 bird species which comprises one-third of the total native bird species for the Amazon.
  • Yasuni has over 100,000 different species of insects which is roughly the amount of insect species that can be found in all of North America.
  • Colonization, deforestation, illegal logging, and unsustainable hunting are affecting the park at present.