Los Flamencos National Reserve

The National Reserve Los Flamenco (Spanish: Reserva Nacional Los flamenco ) is a group of nature reserves in the municipality of San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile. It is important landscapes and habitats in the Atacama Desert are developed for sustainable tourism and at the same time subject to nature conservation.

Description

The National Reserve Los Flamenco is one of numerous nature reserves for the national system of state-protected wild areas (Spanish Sistema Nacional de Áreas Silvestre Protegidas por el Estado ) belong in Chile and are managed by the Forest Service CONAF. The titled with National Reserve areas are defined as areas in which it is necessary to preserve the natural resources and to use with caution.

The reserve consists of seven independent and spatially separated and zones with a total area of ​​709 km2 make up 3% of the municipality of San Pedro de Atacama. The local government develops these areas to tourist attraction, especially in the community by investing in improvements in tourism infrastructure. The protection zones include desert landscapes typical of the region and humid biotope with interesting flora and fauna. The reserve 112 different species of birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals were counted. Notable among these are the flamingos (Andean Flamingo, James's Flamingo, Chilean Flamingo ) after which it is named. Clearly visible are the main attraction of the reserve that is visited annually by tens of thousands of tourists.

Sectors of the reserve

  • Salar dry with beautiful salt formations
  • Landscape Monument ( Monumento Nacional)
  • Part of a larger Ramsar wetland within the Salar de Atacama
  • Hypersaline ponds: Chaxa Laguna, Laguna Puilar, Laguna Barros Negros, Río Muerto Burro
  • Most important breeding ground for flamingos Andes
  • 60,000 visitors per year

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  • Laguna Burro Muerto
  • Ramsar wetland in an Andean plateau
  • Is part of a larger Ramsar protected area
  • Laguna Miscanti
  • Laguna Miñiques

Animals in the reserve

  • Migratory birds: Andean Flamingo ( Phoenicoparrus andinus )
  • James Flamingo ( Phoenicoparrus jamesi )
  • Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis )
  • Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus)
  • Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca )
  • Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes )
  • Bairdstrandläufer (Calidris bairdii )
  • Pectoral beach runners (Calidris melanotos )
  • Wilson 's Phalarope [ Phalaropus tricolor ]
  • Barn Swallow ( Hirundo rustica)

Plants in the reserve

  • Plants: Fabiana bryoides - Parastrephia quadrangularis
  • Deyeuxia crispa - Molinum crasifolium
  • Stipa frigida
  • Fabiana bryoides y Adesmia speciosa
  • Atriplex atacamensis - Pluchea absinthioides
  • Oxychloe andina
  • Prosopis Tamarugo
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