Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves
See also: This category in other languages: - Links to pictures, sounds, and video of the birds of the world, systematically indexed. - Educational site outlining the characteristics of birds, their biology and classification. - An extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing nearly 1 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, and synonyms in several languages. - Don Roberson's detailed guides to about half of the world's 202 bird families. - 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. - 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. - Mailing list for discussion of bird hybrids. - Online field guide that invites readers to add to and edit. - A reference series on North American birds, with information and sample profiles. - Fifty-one images of North American birds from watercolors done by John James Audubon. List can be browsed by common or scientific name. - Provides information and photographs of over 600 bird species that can be seen in Argentina. - 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. - 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. - Provides a definition of birds (Aves) and describes their traits. - The Provincial Museum of Alberta's on-line, searchable, field guide of over 300 bird eggs. Global, with emphasis on birds of Alberta. Includes photos and taxonomic information. - Describes the anatomy and physiology of birds for the lay audience, explaining technical terms along the way. Some emphasis on details of psittacines. - 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. - Details all the changes in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists from 1886 - 2000. - Scientific background and information on birds. - Photos and sounds for almost 2000 bird species; field guide quick indices. - Translates world bird names between several languages, including scientific names. Includes photo gallery. - With roughly 640,000 specimens from around the world, this collection is located in Washington, DC, USA. - Video library of footage of the world's birds, sponsored by the Handbook of the Birds of the World. - A collection of bird photographs, videos, and songs from North America and Europe (mainly Finland).
