TAIQUE, DESFONTAINIA SPINOSA
MIMULUS LUTEUS
Plants Calceolaria (pocketbook flower) Calceolaria biflora Lam. Calceolaria crenatifolia Cav. Calceolaria tenella Poepp. & Endl. Calceolaria valdiviana Phil.
Birds ·· In Pehuén Forest 28 species have been registered; 9 endemic to the temperate Chilean rainforests and 11 from the Southern Cone. Hummingbird and Chilean hawk nests have also been spotted, which is uncommon for this area.
La flor de las casacadas, spanish for “waterfall flower” (Ourisia ruelloides)
The birds can be found living in the: ·· Old-growth forests, such as the chucao, the thorn-tailed rayadito, small hummingbird, the Chilean flicker, and the Magellanic woodpecker. ·· Shrubs and grassland, such as the house wrens, zorzales, southern lapwing, the shiny cowbird–common in all of Chile. ·· Or across the entire Bosque Pehuén territory, such as the Patagonian sierra finch, the striped woodpecker, or the Chilean pigeon.
Orchids Chloraea gaudichaudii Brongn. Chloraea magellanica Hook. f. Codonorchis lessonii (Brongn.) Lindl. Gavilea odoratissima Poepp. Alstroemerias Alstroemeria aurea Graham Animals ·· 44 species of mammals, close to 150 birds, 13 amphibians, and 14 reptiles have been identified in the Araucanía. Due to the destruction of their habitats in the region, many species have taken refuge in the Andes and Coastal mountains.
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Variable hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma): It is not a small bird so it can easily be seen. It builds its nest with dry branches on treetops, where it lays two eggs. To hunt it dives from the sky at small mammals, birds, reptiles or snails. Dimensions: 44 cm tall / 55 cm wide.