Directory of Aves Resources

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Resources in This Category

• A Field Guide to the Birds on the Web

  http://fieldguide.tripod.com/
  Links to pictures, sounds, and video of the birds of the world, systematically indexed.

• About: Birds - Class Aves

  http://animals.about.com/od/birds/p/aves.htm
  Educational site outlining the characteristics of birds, their biology and classification.

• Avian Visual Cognition

  http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/toc.htm
  This multimedia cyberbook provides a comprehensive survey of this area of comparative research with chapters by top international scientists.

• Avisoft Bioacoustics

  http://www.avisoft.com/
  This company provides hardware and software for investigating sound communication in animals.

• Bird Families of the World

  http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/list.html
  Don Roberson's detailed guides to about half of the world's 202 bird families.

• Bird Families of the World

  http://www.amazilia.net/images/Birds/Birds.htm
  Directory of photographs of birds taken in a variety of countries.

• Bird Hybrids Database

  http://www.bird-hybrids.com/
  Worldwide database compiled from the ornithological literature of birds with two different species as parents. Includes complete references for each species combination. In English, French, and Spanish.

• Bird On!

  http://birdcare.com/birdon/
  Internet wild bird pages including information on a bird book, bird news, bird care, a bird album and short articles of a number of bird species.

• Birdhybrids

  http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/birdhybrids/
  Mailing list for discussion of bird hybrids.

• Birds of North America

  https://birdsna.org/
  A reference series on North American birds, with information and sample profiles.

• Birds of Pampas Plain

  http://www.avespampa.com.ar/
  Provides information and photographs of over 600 bird species that can be seen in Argentina.

• Birds of the World

  http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html
  List of current valid scientific avian names subdivided by order and family, based on the Sibley and Monroe and AOU lists. Includes scientific names and publication details.

• Birds of the World

  http://birdingonthe.net/clements/Clements.html
  Lists of all species with scientific and English names, subdivided by Family. Choice of list based on the Clements or the Sibley and Monroe classification schemes.

• Birds Wiki

  http://birds.wikia.com/
  Online field guide that invites readers to add to and edit.

• Brood Parasitism

  http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Brood_Parasitism.html
  This essay describes the behavior of birds that lay their eggs in the nest of another species, with links to other essays covering similar topics.

• Class Aves

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Aves.html
  Provides a definition of birds (Aves) and describes their traits.

• Conflict and Cooperation

  http://www.bath.ac.uk/podcast/powerpoint/Szekely_CharterDay2007.pdf
  Tamas Szekely provides a really short, illustrated guide to the family life of birds.

• Cooperative Breeding

  http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Cooperative_Breeding.html
  Communal breeding occurs when more than two birds of the same species provide care in rearing the young from one nest.

• Dominance in Domestic Hen Triads

  http://cogprints.org/1960/
  The role of individual differences and patterns of resolution in the formation of dominance orders in domestic hen triads.

• EcoBirds: Anting

  http://birds.ecoport.org/Behaviour/EBanting.htm
  Article discussing the strange behavior adopted by some birds in using ants in preening or in some instances, lying down among ants.

• Exotic Pet Veterinarian - Avian Anatomy

  http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/anatomy.html
  Describes the anatomy and physiology of birds for the lay audience, explaining technical terms along the way. Some emphasis on details of psittacines.

• Handbook of the Birds of the World

  http://www.hbw.com/
  Information about the book series that will illustrate and deal in detail with all the species of birds in the world. Tables of contents, sample pages, and publication schedule.

• History of North American Bird Names

  http://darwiniana.org/zoo/AOUmenu.htm
  Details all the changes in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists from 1886 - 2000.

• Introduction to the Aves

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/birdintro.html
  Scientific background and information on birds.

• Long-distance Land Bird Migration

  http://petcaretips.net/bird-migration.html
  This article discusses the reasons for migration, its advantages and disadvantages, and the different patterns of migration adopted by different bird groups.

• Mango Verde

  http://www.mangoverde.com/
  Photos and sounds for almost 2000 bird species; field guide quick indices.

• National Bird Collection

  http://vertebrates.si.edu/birds/
  With roughly 640,000 specimens from around the world, this collection is located in Washington, DC, USA.

• Partnership in Birds

  http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/behavecol/jstacy_desertion.pdf
  Article discussing monogamous birds and those that change partner, and why such divorces occur.

• The European Union for Bird Ringing

  http://www.euring.org/
  EURING coordinates bird ringing throughout Europe and promotes research needed to inform the conservation and scientific understanding of wild birds.

• The Internet Bird Collection

  http://ibc.lynxeds.com/
  Video library of footage of the world's birds, sponsored by the Handbook of the Birds of the World.

• Virtual Bird

  http://www.virtual-bird.com/
  A collection of bird photographs, videos, and songs from North America and Europe (mainly Finland).

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