Priorities for Future Research

More studies are needed to complete an accurate life history of this species. We lack information in the category of predation. This species has been widely studied in Venezuela by Bosque and his researchment group, but we believe much more studies are needed in the other countries where the species occurs. Studies must assess the genetic variability within the colonies, it is important to know whether they are philopatric or not and to give a better knowledge on their migrations because this might ellucidate important data for conservation. Additionally, studies about migrations and distribution are urgent. They have been traditionally known as a species restricted to South America and only living in montane habitats, however, some reports have shown that they are wandering across the Amazon basin and in Central America, which suggests that there are unreported colonies in the continent or that individuals have some migration patterns which we currently do not have information about.