# El Nido (The Nest)

- **Country:** Mexico
- **Coordinates:** 19.318056, -98.891111
- **Area:** 7 ha
- **Logo:** El nido logo.jpg
- **Website:** http://elnido.mx
- **Location:** Ixtapaluca, Mexico
- **Num Species:** 300

The Nest is an aviary located in Ixtapaluca, state of Mexico. Founded by veterinarian Jesús López Estudillo in the 1960s, it is a civil association created to preserve over 300 different species of birds, both Mexican and the rest of South America, Africa and Asia, mostly endangered. The association—formerly known as Wildlife —also has a space for breeding and conservation of the most endangered species.

![Photo of El Nido (The Nest)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Quetzal_nido.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nest_(aviary) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)