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eBook: La Orquesta del Humedal (The Wetland Orchestra)

Read and listen to a story about the birds of the wetlands in northern Chile that encourages readers to start connecting and learning about local wetlands and nature. This story features many lovable characters such as the Whimbrel, the Cocoi heron, toads, and the Coscoroba Swans. With its digital illustrations, onomatopoeias, informative text, and QR codes of the soundscape, all readers and listeners can learn about the diversity of wildlife in wetlands in northern Chile and how we can protect them. This story is found in three formats for you to enjoy:

Book (PDF)

Audio Book (MP4 video of the animated book with illustrations, sounds, and sign language interpreter)

Audio (MP3 audio of the book)

Authors: Paloma Núñez Farías and Alejandra Farías Köhnenkampf.

Illustration: Jorge Varela Ramos and Paula Demarco Vergara.

Narration: Alejandra Farias Kohnenkampf

Sign Language Interpreter: Paula Medalla Collao and Rossana Diaz Arias

Estación Toltén School Arts and Crafts Group Activity

A fun school activity which combines birds, arts, local culture, and science (in Spanish).

Limari River Coastal Wetland’s Bird Guide

This bird guide is a community effort to promote awareness about the Limari River’s birds and coastal wetlands. The guide includes 87 bird species with beautiful photos, and information about the birds and the ecosystem. Members of the Colectivo Libertad (Freedom Collective) and Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones) created this guide (in Spanish).

Las Aves Urbanas eBook

Learn about some of the Coquimbo’s urban bids and actions you can take to help birds locally in this illustrated eBook created by local youth and educators (in Spanish).

Pasado, Presente, Furturo del Chorlo de Campo

This is an educational book about the Tawny-throated Dotterel. The book was developed by the rural youth group Club Detectives de Pachurrones to promote awareness about the bird, its connection to the local culture, and its fragile ecosystem in Northern Chile (in Spanish).