Welcome to Luzonica!

Luzonica, Birds of the World, is dedicated to promoting Understanding, Appreciation and Conservation of all birds. Our organization is focused on education, bringing birds from around the world into classrooms and to educational events. Please select one of the links above for more information, and to see some of the types of birds we work or would like to work with in the future.

We are a nonprofit organization.

Luzonica has a new logo!

A huge THANK YOU to Vince Brosco who designed our new logo! Check out his website for information on his photography!

Luzonica at Wheeler Gorge Open House!

Come see Luzonica at the Wheeler Gorge Open House in the Spring of 2012. We have some exciting new bird eggs you can see including hummingbird, Great-horned Owl, Peregrine Falcon and Golden Eagle, along with several of our amazing ambassador birds!

New: Ambassador Section!

We've updated our wepbage to include a special page with all of our current ambassador birds right there in one place! If you are a teacher or event organizer, you can use this page to see if there are any birds/species we have available that you might want to special-request to come with us when we visit you!

Where did the name Luzonica come from?

Luzonica is part of the Latin name for the Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove. I became fascinated by this dove when I read about it in a field guide to birds from South Asia. Gallicolumba luzonica is the Latin name of the dove and the word "luzonica" sounded beautiful to me. No sooner had I decided to start my own education program, than I knew it would be called Luzonica. For more information about the Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove, please see our page on doves. After several years of doing educational presentations, Luzonica is proud to have a representative from the species it is named after. Our little Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove is tame, though timid, and accompanies us to classrooms, where kids and adults can see her striking coloration.