We report the presence of the Rufous Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis for the first time in the departments of Loreto and San Martín at 155 and 240 m altitude respectively, which corresponds to the first confirmed record of the species for the Peruvian Amazon. It is possible that the presence of the species is due to the existence of the Tarapoto - Yurimaguas road, which would facilitate the occupation of the species by landscape transformation.

In this note, I report an observation of one individual of Picazuro Pigeon, Patagioenas picazuro on the right bank of the Madre de Dios River in the Taricaya Ecological Reserve, 26 km northeast of Puerto Maldonado city, province of Tambopata, department of Madre de Dios. This observation is the first confirmed record of P. picazuro for Peru. The presence of P. picazuro in Peru could be due to deforestation and an increase of croplands in the study area.

We report the presence of the Rufous Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis for the first time in the departments of Loreto and San Martín at 155 and 240 m altitude respectively, which corresponds to the first confirmed record of the species for the Peruvian Amazon. It is possible that the presence of the species is due to the existence of the Tarapoto - Yurimaguas road, which would facilitate the occupation of the species by landscape transformation.

In this note, I report an observation of one individual of Picazuro Pigeon, Patagioenas picazuro on the right bank of the Madre de Dios River in the Taricaya Ecological Reserve, 26 km northeast of Puerto Maldonado city, province of Tambopata, department of Madre de Dios. This observation is the first confirmed record of P. picazuro for Peru. The presence of P. picazuro in Peru could be due to deforestation and an increase of croplands in the study area.

Certification as bird bander implies to validate the level of knowledge and experience of people with regard to a consolidated standard of work in the exercise of capture, banding, handling, and release of birds, in order to promote the safety of the bird, the security of the bander and the quality of the data collected. The North American Banding Council (NABC) is a non-profit organization that includes diverse organizations of research, conservation and management of North American avifauna. Continuing with its mission to promote responsible bird-banding practices under standardized and ethical criteria, in a joint effort with the Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI) and other related institutions, the first three NABC certification sessions were recently held in Peru. This work tries to answer some of the most frequent questions related to these certification events and the...

Certification as bird bander implies to validate the level of knowledge and experience of people with regard to a consolidated standard of work in the exercise of capture, banding, handling, and release of birds, in order to promote the safety of the bird, the security of the bander and the quality of the data collected. The North American Banding Council (NABC) is a non-profit organization that includes diverse organizations of research, conservation and management of North American avifauna. Continuing with its mission to promote responsible bird-banding practices under standardized and ethical criteria, in a joint effort with the Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI) and other related institutions, the first three NABC certification sessions were recently held in Peru. This work tries to answer some of the most frequent questions related to these certification events and the...