Ornithology Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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.

Table of contents

1 Regional associations and societies 1.1 Europe 1.1.1 United Kingdom 2 National associations and societies 2.2 Asia 2.2.2 India 2.3 Europe 2.3.3 Ireland 2.3.4 Slovenia 2.3.5 United Kingdom 2.4 North America 2.4.6 Canada 2.4.7 USA 2.4.8 Oceania 2.4.9 New Zealand 3 Publications and magazines 4 People 5 See Also 6 Other Meanings 7 External link

Regional associations and societies

Europe

United Kingdom

• West Midland Bird Club

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.

Europe

Ireland

• BirdWatch 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
• Association of Field Ornithologists
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• National Audubon Society
• Wilson Ornithological Society

Oceania

New Zealand

• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of 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)
• Ostrich (South Africa)
• The Wilson Bulletin (USA)
• Ornithos (France)

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

• List of oldest ornithological organisations in the world

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