Mathieu R. Charette

Dedicated wildlife biologist with 30 years of experience in monitoring and banding, exemplified by leadership as Co-Founder and Director of the Toucan Ridge Ecology Education Society in Belize and Director of Ecorana Environmental in Vancouver, BC. Proven ability to build and mentor effective teams, paired with strong collaboration skills. Expertise in quality assurance and innovative research methodologies to address critical environmental challenges. Committed to advancing global conservation initiatives through extensive professional experience.

• Fluent in spoken and written in French (First language), English (Second Language), Spanish (Third Language)

IBOC- 2023 International Bird Observatory Conference . October 17 - 21, 2023. Veracruz, Mexico. 12 years of banding efforts: Long-term monitoring and the creation of a bird banding culture in Belize.

AOS and BirdsCaribean – 2022 Ornithological Conference – 27 Jun – 2 Jul, San Juan, Puerto Rico. On the wings of recovery: resilience and action. Oral Presentation - 10 years of banding efforts, long-term monitoring, and the creation of a bird banding culture in Belize’.

Panel - Caribbean Birds Monitoring Group: The future of bird banding in the Caribbean and focused on capacity building for Caribbean students. 

Schulz, A., Kilburn, V.. and Charette, M.R. 2025. Continuous breeding of the Red-eyed Treefrog Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862) during the dry season. (in press).

Martin, V., Kilburn, V., Charette, M.R, and Miller, B. 2024. First record of leucism in the Spix’s Disc-winged Bat Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) in Belize. Neotropical Biology and Conservation: https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.20.e140661 (25 Nov 2024).

Jones, D., Kilburn, V., and Charette, M.R. Note: Range Extension, Death Feigning Behavior, and Scale Iridescence in the Ringneck Coffee Snake, Ninia diademata (Baird and Girard 1853). Reptiles and Amphibians. (Vol. 31 No. 1 (2024): Reptiles & Amphibians)

Sayers, C. et. al. 2023. Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 15 years of exposure data. Submitted. Ecotoxicology. Ecotoxicology 32(8). 

Jones, D., Charette, M.R., and Kilburn, V. 2020. First record of Coyote, Canis latrans (Carnivora, Canidae), in the Mayan Mountain region of Belize. Check List

16(2): 303-306. https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/48499/

Soriero, V.R., Wooldridge, R.L., Harmsen, B.J., Mathieu Charette, M.R., and Kilburn, V. 2018. Range extension of Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous centralis Miller, 1899 (Mammalia, Cingulata, Chlamyphoridae), in Belize. Check List 14 (5): 839–843 https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.839 .

Hipfner, M., Addison, B., and Charette, M. 2013. Dietary segregation between two cohabiting species of sparrows revealed with stable isotope analysis. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 91:37-40, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2012-0103 

Charette, M.R., Calmé, S., Pelletier, F. 2011. Observation of nocturnal feeding in Black vultures (Coragyps atratus). Journal of Raptor Research. 45(3): 279-280.

Hipfner, M., Charette, M., and Blackburn, G. 2007. Subcolony variation in breeding success in the Tufted Puffin, its association with foraging ecology, and its implications. The Auk. 124(4):1149-1157.

Jones, I., Major, H., Charette, M., and Diamond, A. 2007. Variation in the diet of introduced Norway Rats to Kiska island Alaska. Journal of Zoology. 271(4): 463-468.

• North American Banding Council - Neotropical bird commitee, (2020-)
• Senior advisor for the Belize Forest Department and University of Belize Biology departments (2015-)
• Belize National Bird Working Group (2016-)
• Sibun Watershed Conservation Association (2015-)
• Hicatee Conservation Network (2012-)
• Equiterre (2008)
• C.P.A.W.S (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society) (2001-2003)
• 2001-2002 UNB Student Rep. (ACWERN)
• 2002-2004 UNB Recycling Committee (2002)
• Habitat management rep., Heritage (1998-2000)

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• Global Waste Cleaning Network 2021 -
• T.R.E.E.S Toucan Club 2021 -
• Western Bird Banding Association 2021 -
• Association of Field Ornithologists - 2019 -
• David Suzuki Foundation - 2018 -
• Raptor Research Foundation 2009 - 2013
• Waterbirds Society 2004 - 2017
• American Ornithologist Society 2003 -
• Society of Canadian Ornithologists 2003 -

• Long-Point Bird Observatory (2020)
• Senior advisor for the Belize Forest Department and University of Belize Biology departments (2015 – present)
• McGill Bird Banding Station (2017)
• Belize Watershed Conservation Association (2015 – present)
• Hicatee Conservation Network (2012-)
• C.P.A.W.S (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society; 2001-2002)
• UNB Student Representative (ACWERN; 2002-2004)
• UNB Recycling Committee (2002)
• Habitat management, Heritage Laurentien (1998-2000)

• Certified Bird Banding Trainer (NABC) 2019
• Certified Bird Bander (NABC) 2017
• Certified Bird Bander Assistant (NABC) 2015
• Open Water Certificate (P.A.D.I) 1995
• Valid driver's license (class 5), automatic and standard 1995