About the Neotropical Raptor Network
Connecting people who protect raptors across Latin America and the Caribbean since 2002
Our Mission
The Neotropical Raptor Network (NRN) was founded in 2002 at the first Neotropical Raptor Conference and Harpy Eagle Symposium in Panama City, convened by The Peregrine Fund. Our mission is to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of people working with raptors across the Neotropics by promoting communication, collaboration, and shared resources among the research and conservation community.
Today, the NRN connects members in more than 25 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean. We have published over 40 issues of our Spizaetus newsletter in three languages, convened five international conferences, supported research through grant programs, and built a network of professionals and students united by a common dedication to raptor conservation.
What We Do
The NRN achieves its goals through a set of organizational projects that serve as resources for people working with raptors in the Neotropics. These include our bi-annual Spizaetus newsletter published in English, Spanish, and Portuguese; periodic Neotropical Raptor Conferences; research and conservation priority guidelines; a member discussion list-server; and educational resources. We also engage in scientific and conservation projects that are open to proposal from NRN members and partners, addressing specific research questions or conservation challenges.
The Peregrine Fund
The NRN is a program of The Peregrine Fund, a global conservation organization headquartered in Boise, Idaho, USA, dedicated to conserving birds of prey in nature. The Peregrine Fund provides financial and staff support to the NRN, enabling our work across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Where Conservation Matters Most
Which raptors are closest to disappearing, and where should limited time and funding go first? In 2025, scientists across the Neotropics answered that question in The State of the World's Raptors, a global assessment of raptor conservation status and need.
Three of its chapters cover our region. Each was written and led by raptor experts working in the countries they describe, who ranked conservation priorities for their own region rather than having those priorities assigned from the outside. The result is a global extinction-risk framework grounded in local knowledge, and the clearest current guide to where research and conservation effort will do the most good across the Neotropics.
We encourage members to draw on these chapters when shaping projects, writing proposals, and making the case to funders.
The State of the World's Raptors: Neotropical Chapters
Chapter 6 — Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Raptor conservation across the northern Neotropics and the island nations of the Antilles.
→ Read Chapter 6 (PDF)
Chapter 7 — Northern South America
Raptor conservation across the Amazon basin, the northern Andes, and the Guiana Shield.
→ Read Chapter 7 (PDF)
Chapter 8 — Southern South America
Raptor conservation across the Southern Cone, the central Andes, and Patagonia.
→ Read Chapter 8 (PDF)
