I am a German born and raised Neotropical ornithologist, conservation biologist, and ecologist with 25 years of experience in the region and based out of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Science Director of Asociación Armonía (http://armoniabolivia.org/) since 2002, lead author of the Birds of Bolivia Field Guide (Asociación Armonía 2016 & 2019; https://www.future.edu/birds-of-bolivia/), and Protected Areas Director of Audubon Americas (https://www.audubon.org/es/conservaci%C3%B3n/americas/conserva_aves) since 2021.