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These people are from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Perú, Uruguay and UK and belong to R-Ladies Chapters and R-User Groups in these countries. The final picture was chosen by a vote of the LatinR Conference Community.
From Allison Horst,
The bird is the chingolo (Zonotrichia capensis) because it seemed to be the bird that encompassed most Latin American countries, and is also unique to Latin America
It is standing on a tilde ("~") branch
The "~" branch consists of stripes for every color included in flags for Latin American countries
The shape of Latin America is included on the bird itself
A bright green background to represent the incredible biodiversity of the region