Thomas Valqui
Found member of the Center for Ornithology and Biodiversity (CORBIDI), respected authority on Peruvian birds, author of more than 15 research articles and books on the birds of Peru, and leader of bird watching tours across Peru. Thomas obtained his PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from Louisian State University and has a Masters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University. In addition, he is a graduate in Forestry from the La Molina University in Lima. He has participated in the Field Biology Training Program at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, and is in the process of building up the training and environmental monitoring capacity of CORBIDI.

Eveling Tavera (Course Manager)
Eveling is a Peruvian wildlife biologist with extensive bird ringing and banding experience obtained while assisting at Humboldt Bay Bird Observatory (USA) and Iclkesham (UK) and during her ongoing employment at CORBIDI. Eveling holds a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Biology from Cayetano University and she has attained the grade of Bander’s Assistant - as certified by the North American Banding Council. Eveling has assisted in bird ringing courses in Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and her native Peru. She is currently involved directly in the development of Peru’s national bird banding program in association with CORBIDI and Fauna Forever.

Jared Wolfe
Jared Wolfe has operated bird banding stations throughout the Western Hemisphere for non-profits, academia, consulting firms and the US Federal Government. Most recently, Jared has been working with the US Forest Service’s Redwood Sciences Laboratory and Humboldt State University using bird banding as a tool to examine climatic influences on migrant bird physiology, survivorship and habitat use in Central America. Jared also uses banding data and museum specimens to describe molt and plumage-based age-criteria for resident tropical birds. Currently, Jared supervises bird banding operations at the Tortuguero Integrated Bird Monitoring project in Costa Rica, started and directs operations at the Bluebonnet Bird Observatory in Baton Rouge Louisiana, and is working on his PhD studying the effects of forest fragmentation on Amazonian bird genetics near Manaus, Brazil. Jared holds a master banding permit from the USFWS and is a certified North American Banding Council (NABC) trainer.

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Cesar Abrill
Cesar is a Peruvian ornithologist, graduate of the San Agustin National University in Arequipa, an active member of the National Ornithologist’s Union of Peru (UNOP in Spanish), and Bird Team Coordinator for Fauna Forever Tambopata since July 2009. Over the last few years he has worked with the New Jersey Audubon Society on migratory shorebird research in the USA, in the El Paujil Private Reserve in Colombia monitoring bird population levels, and with the Inkaterra Asociación (ITA) and Conservation International Peru (CIP) in Tambopata coordinating fauna research along the Lower Madre de Dios River, and more recently as a volunteer of the Tambopata Macaw Project with Rainforest Expeditions where he was also an instructor on high school- and university-level field courses.

Naun Amable
Naun is a Peruvian ornithologist, graduate of the Jorge Basadre Tecnical College in Puerto Maldonado, and a longtime Bird Team Coordinator for the Fauna Forever Tambopata (FFT) project. He has been instrumental in training FFT volunteers in mist-net use and the safe handling, ringing/banding and processing of birds in the hand. Other than his work with Asociacion Fauna Forever, he has also lead avifauna research for the Amazon Conservation Association. In addition, he is also an accomplished bird guide responisble for introducing the diversity and ecology of bird species to many visitors at numerous ecolodges throughout the Tambopata area.

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