South American Pacific mangroves

South American Pacific mangroves (NT1405)
Mangroves in front of the Utría National Park in Colombia
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	Mangroves
Geography
Area	34,187 km2 (13,200 sq mi)
Countries	Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Coordinates	2°36′43″N 78°15′54″W / 2.612°N 78.265°W / 2.612; -78.265Coordinates: 2°36′43″N 78°15′54″W / 2.612°N 78.265°W / 2.612; -78.265
Climate type	Af (equatorial; fully humid)

The South American Pacific mangroves (NT1405), or Panama Bight mangroves, is an ecoregion along the Pacific coast of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

The South American Pacific mangroves ecoregion is found along the southern coast of Panama, extensive stretches of the Pacific coast of Colombia, sections of the Pacific coast of Ecuador, particularly around the estuary of the Guayas River, and in two small stretches along the northern coast of Peru.

The Panama Bight Mangroves, a Global ecoregion, consists of the Gulf of Panama mangroves, Esmeraldes-Pacific Colombia mangroves, Manabí mangroves and Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves. The Gulf of Panama mangroves (NT1414) extend from the Gulf of Parita to the Bay of San Miguel. Mangroves are found along the coasts of Columbia and Ecuador from the Gulf of Tribugá in the north to Mompiche Bay in the south ((NT1409). Mangroves are found along the coast of Manabí Province in Ecuador (NT1418). They are also found between Ecuador and Peru where many rivers empty into the Pacific and the Gulf of Guayaquil (NT1413).

In Panama the mangroves are found along the Pacific coast of the Panamanian dry forests and Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests ecoregions. Further south in Colombia the mangroves fringe the Chocó-Darién moist forests along the Pacific coast. Further south again, in Ecuador the mangroves fringe sections of the coast of the Western Ecuador moist forests, Ecuadorian dry forests and Tumbes-Piura dry forests, which extend into Peru. There is a small section of mangroves on the northern coast of the Sechura Desert.