Ornithology
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Ornithology is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. It includes observations on the structure and classification of birds, and on their habits, song and flight.
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Regional associations and societies
Europe
United Kingdom
National associations and societies
Asia
India
- Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): Located at Mumbai (formerly Bombay), it is the largest and oldest non-government Organization in the area of natural history in the Indian subcontinent. Visit http://www.bnhs.org
- Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) Located near Coimbatore.
- Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. The government department meant to document and study the fauna of India.
Japan
- The Ornithological Society of Japan (OSJ) - [1]
- Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ) - [2]
- Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds (JSPB) - [3]
- Yamashina Institute for Ornithology - [4]
Europe
Ireland
Slovenia
- Society for Observation and Study of Birds of Slovenia (Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije) (DOPPS)
United Kingdom
- British Ornithologists' Club
- British Ornithologists' Union
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
- The British Birds Rarities Committee
- The Rare Birds Breeding Panel (RBBP)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)
North America
Canada
- Bird Studies Canada
USA
- American Birding Association
- American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- Cooper Ornithological Society
- National Audubon Society
- Wilson Ornithological Society
Oceania
New Zealand
Publications and magazines
- Acrocephalus, DOPPS (Slovenia)
- Audubon Magazine (USA)
- The Auk (USA)
- Bird Study (UK)
- British Birds (UK)
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (UK)
- The Condor (USA)
- The Emu (Australia)
- Ibis (UK)
- Irish Birds (Ireland)
- The Journal of Field Ornithology (USA)
- Japanese Journal of Ornithology (Japan) - [5]
- Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (Japan) - [6]
- Kukila (Bulletin of the Indonesian Ornithological Society)
- Ostrich (South Africa)
- Ornithos (France)
- The Wilson Bulletin (USA)
People
See List of famous ornithologists
See Also
- Bird observatory
- Bird ringing
- Bird migration
- Birdwatching
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Drift migration
- Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology
- Naturalist
- Timeline of ornithology
- Important publications in ornithology
Other Meanings
- "Ornithology" is also the name of a song by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, who was known as "Bird".
External link
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