(Santa Cruz, Bolivia. August 20, 2018) The Bolivian conservation organization Asociación Armonía has purchased the most important nesting area of the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw in a joint effort involving four leading conservation groups – American Bird Conservancy, International Conservation Fund of Canada, IUCN Netherlands, and World Land Trust. Over…
The first checklist on eBird for the Tucuman Parrot Nature Reserve reveals the extraordinary avifauna of this humid area of mixed Tucuman and Cloud Forests of southern Bolivia. Dozens of Tucuman Parrots, four species of warbling finches, Giant Antshrike, wrens, and hummingbirds are enough highlights to make the Reserve a…
At dawns early light, Quechua campesinos from Puina gather to climb the 14 500 feet high slopes of the Bolivian Tropical Andes. They are used to this wearying walk in the cold rain and gusty winds. Day after day campesinos hike to the peaks to bring down Polylepis trunks for…
25 500 Polylepis saplings planted by local Quechua communities, staff from the #Madidi national park and Armonía: The most extensive Polylepis restauration in Bolivia to this date! Help us protect the birds of Bolivia. Please support Armonía with your donation. We thank our international partners and individual donors for their help–…
This 5th of May it is Global Big Day. In 2016 Bolivia has not even participated to Big Day, yet in 2017 we impulsed the country to the #14 of the global ranking. This year we point towards the Top 10. Help us protect the birds of Bolivia. Please support…
Herpetologists from Armonia’s ‘Polylepis Forests’ project, who also work for the ‘Identidad Madidi’ project, discovered four species of amphibians not yet known to science. These amphibians of the genus Microkayla (formerly Psychrophrynella) are small and only inhabit the high tropical Andes of Bolivia. Help us protect the birds of Bolivia. Please support Armonía with…
Learn more about the Polylepis forests in Puina from Isaac Toro, Quechua community member of Puina working with Armonía to restore to one of the most threatened habitats of the Bolivian Tropical Andes. Help us protect the birds of Bolivia. Please support Armonía with your donation.
Bolivia #14 en el #GlobalBigDay – the international day of bird watching organized by eBird of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Interview with Sebastian K. Herzog – scientific director of Armonía and principal author of the “Birds of Bolivia – Field Guide”. uía de Campo”. Help us save the birds…
In 2017 nine Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw chicks have successfully hatched from Armonia’s nest box program. The news is especially encouraging as this is the first time we recorded a chick whose both parents had also fledged from nest boxes. . This clearly shows Blue-throated Macaws are learning to identify…
Meet researchers from the Wageningen University and the University of Glasgow at #BarbaAzulNatureReserve. With over 300 bird species, 27 species of medium & large mammals and breathtaking landscapes Barba Azul is a real researcher’s paradise.(Soundtrack is courtesy of Headphone Activist https://soundcloud.com/headphoneactivist) Please help us to save the most threatened bird…
