Guilherme Battistuzzo is a full time nature photographer, birding guide and biologist living and working out of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Passionate about nature and wildlife since childhood, Guilherme turned passion into profession in 2007 as a biology undergraduate, working at USP's Laboratory of ornithology. Since then, has been dedicated to research and consulting projects in ornithology, conservation of the Brazilian fauna as a birdwatching and natural history tour guide. he has extensive field experience in the Atlantic Rainforest, where he was born and grown, the Amazon and the Pantanal having worked as a resident guide in two major ecotourism destinations in Brazil: The Cristalino Lodge (Amazon) and the Caiman Ecological Refuge (Pantanal).
He is regularly near the top of the list each year for number of birds seen in Brazil and in 2016 he was named one of the top 15 bird photographers to follow on Instagram by Audubon magazine.
Since 2016 works as a tour leader and photography instructor for Trogon Photo Tours, with trips to Peru, Ecuador and regular tours in Brazil every year.