The Ricardo Jorge Lopes Lab at the FCUL uses birds to study the importance of key traits on the evolution and long-term conservation of biodiversity. These range from coloration and trophic interactions to host-parasite systems. As Curator of the Avian Collection of the National Museum of Natural History and Science , we promote the value of avian specimens for research. We mainly work with isolated, insular, fragmented, migratory and domesticated species, especially in Iberia, North Africa and Macaronesia.