Related Links
The Division of Vertebrate Zoology recommends the following to those interested in ornithology.
Further Reading
Ornithological journals of the world
http://ln.com.ua/~kekz/berkut/journals.htm
Ornithological books online
http://hem.fyristorg.com/takern/ornlit.html
Bird books
http://worldtwitch.com/books.htm
Bird field guides of the world
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/birds.htm
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Websites
Animal Diversity Web at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aves.html
Animal Flight Mechanics
Biomechanics and Comparative Physiology Research Group
at the University of Leeds
http://www.biology.leeds.ac.uk/staff/jmvr/Flight/flight.htm
AVECOL (links to museum bird research collections)
Sponsored by the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/AVECOLlections.html
Bird Families of the World
CREAGRUS@ Monterey Bay (Don Roberson)
http://montereybay.com/creagrus/list.html
Bird Links to the World (BirdLife International)
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp
BIRDNET: Guidelines to the use of wild birds in research
(presented by the Ornithological Council)
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/GuideToUse/index.html
BIRDNET: Grants, awards and prizes in ornithology
(presented by the Ornithological Council)
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/Grants/index.html
Dictionary of birdwatching terminology (Bird On!)
http://www.birdcare.com/bin/searchdict
Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net
(vocalizations of birds of the world)
http://members.tripod.com/Thryomanes/BirdSounds1.html
Images of bird wings from the University of Puget Sound
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/wingphotos.html
Images of bird skulls
http://www.skullsite.com/index.htm
Internet Bird Collections
An online audiovisual library of footage of the world’s birds
http://www.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/families.phtml
The Ornithological Newsletter Online
of the Ornithological Societies of North America
(news, meeting announcements, job opportunities)
http://birds.cornell.edu/osna/ornnewsl.htm
John Penhallurick’s Bird Data Project
(distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world)
http://worldbirdinfo.net/birddataproject.htm
Surfbirds.com (world birding)
http://www.surfbirds.com
Tree of Life Web Project: avian phylogeny
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Aves&contgroup=Coelurosauria
U.S.G.S. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
How to report a federal bird band in North America
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/call800.htm
Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO)
The Academy of Natural Sciences
http://www.acnatsci.org/research/vireo
Zoonomen (ornithological nomenclature resource)
http://www.zoonomen.net
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Professional Societies and Bird Clubs
African Bird Club
http://www.africanbirdclub.org
Connecticut Ornithological Association
http://www.ctbirding.org
European Ornithologists’ Union
http://www.eou.at
Neotropical Bird Club
http://www.neotropicalbirdclub.org
Neotropical Ornithological Society
http://www.neotropicalornithology.org
New Haven Bird Club
http://members.aol.com/nhbirdclub
Ornithological Societies of North America
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OSNA/index.html
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
http://www.rspb.org.uk
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Discussion Groups
BirdChat (National Birding Hotline Cooperative)
A listserv hosted at the University of Arizona
http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
Birding-Aus
An unmoderated e-mail list for discussion of Australian wild birds
http://shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html
NeoOrn hosted at the Museum of Natural Science,
Louisiana State Univerisity
A moderated e-mail bulletin board for discussion of neotropical bird biology
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/NEOORNintro.html
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