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SANCTUARY
Dunes, desert, estuary, wetland and grasslands shape the Tunquén Wetland Nature Sanctuary, home to enormous biodiversity across more than 95 hectares between the communes of Casablanca and Algarrobo, in the provinces of San Antonio and Valparaíso.
Bioclimatically, it is located on the coastal strip in a sub-humid Mediterranean region that is home to a number of diverse and fragile ecosystems, many of them threatened by human intervention.
They are home to birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, and fish, among many other species, as well as various types of flora and vegetation.
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BIODIVERSITY
MIGRATORY SHOREBIRDS
The Tunquén wetland is part of the network of coastal wetlands present throughout the American continent, which in turn are part of one of the main migration routes.
According to records from the international platform Ebird8, the Tunquén wetland is a resting place for various migratory birds, among which the Franklin's gull, whimbrel, kelp gull, booby and snipe stand out for their abundance.
It is important to note that shorebirds are one of the most mobile groups of animals on the planet and are especially vulnerable to environmental and human disturbances.
WETLAND INHABITANTS
This is one of the areas that concentrates a greater number of life forms and therefore contains complex ecological relationships that go beyond its own limits.
As for the native fauna that inhabits the area, the presence of the small-scaled silverside and the Chilean frog stands out, both in the vulnerable conservation category.
There is also the Chilean lizard, the rulo toad and birds such as the picurio, the rayador, the huala, the seven colors, the coot, the great heron and the huairavillo, as well as fish such as the small catfish, the small-scaled silverside and the pocha.
COASTAL SCLEROPHYLL FOREST
It grows in the bottom and lower parts of gently sloping, south-facing hillsides in the northeastern corner of the wetland. It is in these sheltered areas that this forest experiences greater soil development, allowing for tree growth.
The dominant tree species include peumo, molle, boldo and corcolén, while the shrubs include mayú, colihue, lechón, voquicillo and voqui negro.
Regarding the native fauna present in this environment, we find endemic reptiles such as the thin lizard, long-tailed snake and short-tailed snake, as well as native birds represented by the crested lizard, goldfinch, little dancer, black-headed vulture and the Turkish vulture.
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