Luis Eduardo Urueña

Colombia

www.manakinnaturetours.com

Luis is a biologist from Universidad del Tolima (Tolima University) with 10 years of experience in birdwatching and scientific researches in the endangered species field. For 3 years Luis has worked strongly on birdwatching-tourism for foreigners as co-leader and local guide in ornithology tours for important companies in the world; he has worked as guide together with famous guides like Steven Hilty (Author of the: “Guide the Birds of Colombia – 1986), Barry Walker, Richard Webster, y Frank Lambert, with them, he has got his experience and skill. He have a company of birdwatching, botanical and nature tours in Colombia of name MANAKIN NATURE TOURS and is working in this moment here. Luis in addition, won a watcher prize with the British Petroleum Company Conservation Programme when he worked with a important project of ProAves Colombia Foundation with the enigmatic Blue-billed Curassow in 2004 as director. He worked in research also with other important bird species as Recurved-billed Bushbird, Tood´s Parakeet, Tolima Dove and more. He is an expert in logistic and operability of birdwatching tours in Colombia, and he is able to organize, direct and execute a tour to birdwatching in any locality or route where MANAKIN NATURE TOURS operates.
IBC Personal statistics:

• First material posted on 7 February 2008
• Number of videos posted: 33 covering 30 species (0.3%)
• Number of photos posted: 46 covering 42 species (0.42%)
• Number of sounds posted: 0 covering 0 species (0%)