Assistant Professor of Conservation Ecology @ucsc. #Biodiversity, #GIS, #birds, #tropicalecology, #WomeninSTEM, #cienciacriolla. Fulbrighter. Birder. Mum.
Joined October 2016
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5 Aug 2024
I am excited to share my @TEDTalks for @TEDxSantaCruz on the idea of birdwatching tourism as a way to support conservation and economic development in rural parts of tropical countries. Enjoy! (short 🧵to follow) youtube.com/watch?v=DVBDf0rY…. Share widely 👀🐦⬛🐦
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
27 Sep 2025
Cambio extremo
26 Sep 2025
Lo que necesitan para empezar el día es esta portada de ciencia colombiana.
Una historia de cómo el cambio climático está alterando las características de algunas aves que están en el país.
Algunas tienen la cola más larga que hace 100 años.
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
25 Sep 2025
La diversidad se mide de muchas formas, y eso orienta las decisiones conservación. En el #PaperDelMes (Neate-Clegg et al. 2025) resaltamos que las especies endémicas no reflejan toda la diversidad funcional de las aves en Colombia. Lee el artículo: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
2 Sep 2025
Birdwatching tourism is booming but not all destinations are created equally
@birdmapper #Birdwatching #travel #tourism #birds #biodiversity #wildlife #ecotourism
traveltomorrow.com/birdwatch…
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
16 Apr 2025
Thrilled to finally share my new paper in Environmental Research Letters on Colombia’s lowland peatlands — ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon, were almost unknown, and are now newly mapped thanks to years of fieldwork. 🌍🌿
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3 Mar 2025
Si eres guía de Aviturismo en Colombia 🇨🇴, te invitamos a llenar esta encuesta sobre los impactos económicos y sociales del aviturismo para un estudio. Sólo toma 10 mins. Por favor compartir!
tinyurl.com/encuestaavituris…
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
28 Feb 2025
This World View by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela discusses from a personal perspective the challenges of being an academic and a mother, pointing out ways in which academia can become more family-friendly.
nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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28 Feb 2025
t’s not easy to be a (present) mum and an (effective) academic, but we can manage both if we have supportive teams, welcome flexibility, and lead with kindness. In @NatureHumBehav about my experience with this balancing act 🤹🏻♀️
nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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14 Feb 2025
I’ve finally made the jump to the other platform 💙sky. Follow me there @birdmapper.bsky.social. It’s so sad to see how they’ve ruined what we once had here on Twitter 😢.
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
18 Jan 2025
Cali será epicentro del aviturismo mundial, con la celebración de la XI versión de Colombia Birdfair, la Feria Internacional de Aves de Colombia @ColombiaBF 13-16 de febrero, gracias al apoyo de @CvcAmbiental @AlcaldiaDeCali @MabelLaraNews @alejoeder
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
17 Jan 2025
Una muy buena oportunidad para financiar proyectos de jóvenes ornitólogas(os) Latinoamericanas(os) con postgrado: Becas de investigación y Conservación de la @AmOrnith para Latinoamérica y el Caribe. ¡La convocatoria está abierta!: americanornithology.org/awar…
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6 Jan 2025
Back to the field to study the birds of my homeland, the Llanos. We are putting transmitters on Black Skimmers and looking for avian influenza in all water birds. My happy place! 💙🪶
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
3 Jan 2025
Hello. I wrote a story about birdwatching in Colombia. It’s about much more than staring at some (very beautiful) birds.
I hope at least a tiny bit of the magic of Colombia and its birders comes through.
Inspired & informed by the work of @birdmapper.
vox.com/down-to-earth/384745…
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
5 Dec 2024
🦁We're seeking a Research Technician for our South Texas Lion Project! Work duties include maintaining camera traps, investigating kill sites, and participating in lion work-ups. A phenomenal opportunity in the STX brush country. See below for more: shorturl.at/aftKp 🦁
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4 Dec 2024
Hace poco, en el marco de la #COP16Colombia, acompañe a @BenjiSJones de @voxdotcom a viajar por los paisajes y gentes del Valle del Cauca para contar esta historia del crecimiento del aviturismo en Colombia 🇨🇴. Leánla aqui en español (soon in English too) vox.com/down-to-earth/389487…
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4 Dec 2024
De Javier Rubio en La Florida: “Primero las contemplas, luego empiezas a comprenderlas, y luego comienzas a conservar. Ese es el camino que recorre el que adquiere este hábito de avistar aves”.
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4 Dec 2024
Check out our new paper and its associated press release, an amazing team led by friend and colleague @OrnithoAle 🙌🏽
While Colombia is protecting biodiversity and cultural diversity, both remain mostly inaccessible to tourists. @ESPM_Berkeley professor @OrnithoAle and colleagues offer a new framework for sustainable ecotourism planning in Colombia and beyond.
nature.berkeley.edu/news/202…
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26 Nov 2024
This is going to the top of my reading list! So important to amplify voices of those that have been marginalized 🙌🏽. Thank you for this paper 👏🏽 ! And let’s continue diversifying #conservation one voice at a time 🙌🏽🌈🌍
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20 Nov 2024
Join this awesome PI @fla_montano to study Neotropical birds!
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Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, PhD retweeted
16 Nov 2024
Job opening @NaturalSciences as data scientist working with our Research and Collections department, including #biodiversity data #Raleigh
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