Animal Periodicals:
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Ornithological Societies |
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| All about birds in Australia including Emu and HANZAB | |
| Research on Australian bird fauna. Publish Corella | |
| The British Ornithological Society. Publisher of The Ibis. | |
| German homepage for birdwatchers, breeders and ornotholigists. in german only ! | |
| The society was etablished in 1906 and today it has 13.000 members. Publish DOFT | |
| The oldest ornithological society of the world ! Publish J. Orn. |
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| The Ornithological Societies of North America. | |
| The Ornithological Newsletter On-Line For North America | |
| Translate bird names to Latain, English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. | |
Bird family pages |
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| Make comments and observations on pittas | |
| Swallows, Martins & Swifts Worldwide is a whole-world Yahoo site dedicated to discussing and disseminating information on these species. | |
| A beautiful site ! | |
| The first unique Video Guide to Hummingbirds | |
| Anders Pape Møller has studied the Barn Swallow since 1982! | |
Bird videos |
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| A free-access on-line collection of videos with the aim of sharing knowledge about all species of the world’s avifauna. Sponsored by Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW). | |
Bird photos |
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| More than 20,000 photos in more than 4,000 species. Users can search by common name, scientific name, or location. Images can be licensed for publication. | |
| Panos Oikonomou, wild photographer | |
Conservation organisations |
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| Has more than 2 million members in 120 countries. For all with interest in bird conservation | |
| Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | |
(The Last Noah’s Ark) |
Brazilian site about ecology, environment, environmental education, biodiversity, animals, birding etc. Portuguese/English. |
Museums |
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| New York, USA | |
| 70 million natural history specimens. | |
| Search bird database, egg & nest database, mammal database, type of preparation, loan policy and department visits. | |
| Natural History Museum | |
| Webpage with many links | |
| University of California, Berkeley | |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | |
| Zool. Mus. Amsterdam. This site provides access to 3D images of their 151 type specimens. You can view the specimens from all angles ! | |
| Great collection of bird-wings, which all can be seen in colour photos in great detail | |
| With species accounts | |
| The biggest zoological museum in Denmark, Copenhagen | |
Books |
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Christopher Helm and Pica Press |
The largest Ornithology Publisher of the World |
| The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the species of birds in the world. | |
| 200 years old publishing house in Cambridge | |
| The largest bookstore with natural history books in the world | |
| A large natural history antiquarian and new natural history books with a fine catalogue. | |
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Private persons |
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| A very informative web site about APM and his team’s ongoing Barn Swallow research (started 1982)
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| Eugen Kisselmann, animal painter | |
| Works with the Barn Owl project in the south of Jutland | |
| Bird illustrator | |
| Translate Russian papers to English | |
| BIRDNET, the Ornithological Information source for America. | |
