Carlos Bonila

Carlos is a biologist  and has a master in animal biology. Researcher from CIIDIR-Oaxaca, of the National Polytechnic Institute. He has worked by 28 years principally in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in biodiversity and conservation of wildlife issues. Results of his studies have been published in scientific articles, books and presented in congresses and symposia. Birds and mammals, bats specially, distribution, scientific collections, biological databases, biodiversity, conservation and different aspects about the Military Macaw’s biology. He published a field guide of birds from the coast of Oaxaca and since 2002 has worked in Oaxaca with Military Macaw and since 2008 in Jalisco too and he has obtained basic information about its reproduction, home range, use of habitat, feeding habits and sexual dimorphism. Actually he is working in a project focused in Military macaw, concerned with reproductive success, population size and ecotourism in Jalisco, Mexico.