Bats of Nicaragua

Walking to Volcano Masaya

This week we are pleased to be hosting Bat Conservation International‘s Board of Directors for their annual meeting.

We’ve been working with BCI and their scientists for over a year to study Nicaragua’s bats and conduct bat education and community outreach in and around Volcano Masaya, whose caves are home to dozens of species of bats.

The bat experts assembled by BCI and Kim Williams-Guillén, Paso Pacífico’s Director of Conservation, have created educational murals and conducted training workshops for the rangers of Volcano Masaya National Park.

In the caves at Volcano Masya

Thanks to BCI bat biologist, Carol Chambers, who conducted bat surveys last year, Nicaragua’s count of bat species is now 100!

To learn more about Nicaragua’s bats, head on over to BCI’s Facebook page, where this week they’re featuring several of the species found in Nicaragua.