Asociación Armonía, Author at Armonia Bolivia

Video: Past and present of Polylepis in Puina

May 2, 20180Comments

[youtube id="rgJ_fhAfKNQ" align="center" mode="normal" maxwidth="900"] 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…

Video: Global Big Day 2017: Bolivia #14

May 2, 20180Comments

[youtube id="-CpDkGhiEOpg" align="center" mode="normal" maxwidth="900"] 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…

Video: Nest boxes save Macaws!

May 2, 20180Comments

[youtube id="-UYqretxKVY" align="center" mode="normal" maxwidth="900"] 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…

Video: Meet researchers at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

March 19, 20180Comments

[youtube id="VF4BOiIdGQs" align="center" mode="normal" maxwidth="900"] 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…

Nest boxes: a lifeline for the Blue-throated Macaw

January 23, 20180Comments

71 Blue-throated Macaw chicks has fledged from our nest boxes in 2017 (Photo: Aidan Maccormick) 2017 was an important year for the conservation of the Blue Throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis). A record number of nine macaws…

Bird of the Month December: Horned Curassow

December 18, 20170Comments

December Horned Curassow Scientific name: Pauxi unicornis Spanish name: Paujil Copete de Piedra/ Pilisto Status: Critically Endangered (IUCN red list of endangered species) Habitat and behaviour: Elusive bird species present in wet lower Yungas ecoregion and foothill forests. Mostly solitary…

Bolivian biologists continue to discover new species in the forests of Madidi National Park

November 20, 20170Comments

Anfibio del genero Microkayla (anteriormente Psychrophrynella). Son pequeños y solo habitan en los Altos Andes tropicales de Bolivia. (Foto: Mauricio OcampoÖ It has been twenty seven years since the famous ornithologist Ted Parker, together with a…

Record sighting of 155 Blue-throated Macaws confirms steady population growth at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

November 20, 20170Comments

Blue-throated Macaws on roost at Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Photo: Fabian Meijer) In September 2017, reserve coordinator Tjalle Boorsma sighted a record number of 155 Blue-throated Macaws at the Barba Azul Nature Reserve’s roost. The sightings…

Record sighting of 155 Blue-throated Macaws confirms steady population growth at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

November 9, 20170Comments

In October 2017, reserve coordinator Tjalle Boorsma sighted a record number of 155 Blue-throated Macaws at a newly discovered roosting location at Barba Azul Nature Reserve. The sighting of large flocks confirms a steady increase…

Polylepis forests: saving a biodiversity hotspot of the tropical Andes

October 13, 20170Comments

Over half of the Polylepis-dependent species are endangered like the Critically Endangered Royal Cinclodes (Photo by: Rodrigo W. Soria-Auza) Polylepis forest once covered the slopes of the tropical Andes from Venezuela to Argentina, today the distribution…

Bird of the Month October: Andean Goose

September 7, 20170Comments

Illustration from Birds of Bolivia Field Guide by Cristopher Vogel October Andean Goose Scientific name: Oressochen meanopterus Spanish name: Ganso Andino (waćhwa – Quechua) Status: Least Concern (IUCN red list of endangered species) Habitat and behaviour: Uncommon to common along borders…

Record number of nine Blue-throated Macaw chicks fledged from Armonía nest boxes

May 12, 20170Comments

Nine Blue-throated Macaw chicks have fledged from our nest boxes in 2017. (Photo: Aidan Maccormick) This year nine Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw chicks have successfully hatched from Armonia’s nest box program. The news is especially encouraging…

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Video: Past and present of Polylepis in Puina

Video: Global Big Day 2017: Bolivia #14

Video: Nest boxes save Macaws!

Video: Meet researchers at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

Nest boxes: a lifeline for the Blue-throated Macaw

Bird of the Month December: Horned Curassow

Bolivian biologists continue to discover new species in the forests of Madidi National Park

Record sighting of 155 Blue-throated Macaws confirms steady population growth at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

Record sighting of 155 Blue-throated Macaws confirms steady population growth at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

Polylepis forests: saving a biodiversity hotspot of the tropical Andes

Bird of the Month October: Andean Goose

Record number of nine Blue-throated Macaw chicks fledged from Armonía nest boxes

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