Marcia Cziulik is a biologist, with master’s degree in zoology and is currently finishing her PhD at the Federal University of Parana on “Parental Care of toucans and aracaris within nests”. She is member of CBRAS (The Brazilian Breeders Consortium of Wild Birds), and has experience in management, reproduction, conservation and research of wild birds. She worked as a biologist and director (1994-2003) of the Bird Park in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil and was the bird consultant of the Bioparque Temaikèn (2006-2009) in Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She did two international courses the DESMAN - Endangered Species Management  (Durrell Wildlife Preservation Trust, 1998) and the Behavioral Ecology (University of Chile, 2007), and a trainee period at the Emerald Forest Bird Garden (1999). She has published in book chapters, journals, and texts in newspapers. She also teaches courses and lectures at conferences and universities.