Endemism is relatively low except for avifauna, which includes
the species buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) and chesnut
piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus). Damaged by agriculture and
grazing only one national park, Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro
National Park, protects what is left of this ecoregion. Location
and General Description The Lara/Falcon dry forests lie in
northern Venezuela, south of the Paraguana peninsula, east of
the Gulf of Maracaibo and north of the Andes. The ecoregion is
located in the states of Lara and Falcón in the northwestern
side of Venezuela. This arid region lies between two xeric scrub
habitats, and has as its northern and eastern limits as the
Caribbean Sea. To the west it borders the Sierra de San Luis,
and to the south the Sierra de Aroa. The easternmost mountains
and hills of the Sierra de Falcón fall within this ecoregion;
they constitute the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro National Park.
Major rivers in the region are the Hueque, Tocuro and Aroa. The
mountains, valleys and lowla