Amazonian Birds

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Rio Japurá, Brazil
Expedition Overview

Travel by boat up the Rio Japurá with ornithologists John Bates, Jason Weckstein, and Alexandre Aleixo as they catalog breathtaking bird life along the banks of one of Brazil’s remote rivers. You’ll discover how their work is redefining diversity in Amazonia and reshaping traditional conservation boundaries by identifying new Areas of Endemism—regions that harbor species found nowhere else in the world.

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Blog #10: What's Happened Since?
It has been a long time since the 2007 expedition—six years, to be precise. You’d think that we were all “done” studying specimens from these trips...
In The News
Keep up on the latest headlines featuring the team's work—watch related videos, listen to podcasts, and take a look at articles about unfolding bird...
Photo Galleries
Examine the galleries below to learn more about how team members cataloged birds and their parasites in a little-known area of the Brazilian Amazon,...
Videos and Interactives
Explore our interactive map to follow in the scientists' footsteps and view video journals and site notes documenting the team's experiences during...

At A Glance

Who:
John Bates, Ph.D., Jason D. Weckstein, Ph.D., Alexandre Aleixo, Ph.D.
What:
Conservation
Where:
Rio Japurá, Brazil
When:
October 2012

Meet the Scientist

John Bates, Ph.D.
Associate Curator, Zoology Department, Bird Division, The Field Museum
Jason D. Weckstein, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist in the Zoology Department, Bird Division, The Field Museum
Alexandre Aleixo, Ph.D.
Curator of Birds, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
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