Paul van Els

Paul van Els (1981) combineert naar eigen zeggen het beste van twee werelden: ornithologisch onderzoek en vogels kijken. Hij heeft lange tijd in Noord- en Zuid-Amerika gewoond, waar hij ondermeer gids is geweest in de Ecuadoraanse Amazone en gewerkt heeft aan de afdeling ornithologie bij het natuurhistorisch museum van Louisiana State University. Hij is momenteel bezig met zijn proefschrift over onder andere de systematiek van de piepers van Zuid-Amerika. Voor zijn onderzoekswerk is hij geregeld op expeditie geweest naar de meer afgelegen delen van Mexico (4x), Peru (3x), Bolivia en Borneo. Daarnaast probeert hij zijn vrije tijd zoveel mogelijk in te vullen met vogelreizen, waarvoor hij Gambia, Siberië, Mongolië, Brazilië, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia en grote delen van Europa en de V.S. heeft bezocht. Zijn specialisme is Latijns-Amerika, een gebied waar hij zich erg thuis voelt.
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