Ornithology Archives

Taxonomy & Bird Names

This section includes both the science of naming (taxonomy) and sites helping with common names or translation of names into other languages....

Ornithology

You can access the pages in this section from the drop-down main menu… this page gives you some general links or ones...

Non-Passerines

There is one Fatbirder page for each of the families listed below. Each page carries a photograph of one member of the...

Banding or Ringing

Much of what we know about birds, and most especially migration, has been learnt from studies involving the catching and identification of...

Passerines

Passerines are also known as perching birds, the literal meaning of the word, in North America they are called songbirds although not...

Birding Organisations

Every self-respecting birder should be a member of at least two organisations ensuring that her or his contribution is doing something to...

Study & Bird Behaviour

This section has links to a number of websites concerned generally with the study of birds and, in particular their behaviour. There...

Conservation

This section has links to websites concerned with the conservation of birds. Some sites are resources to conservationists, others are of conservation...

Threatened & Extinct Species

It is a sad fact that, in the last few hundred years man has been responsible for the extinction of a great...

Ornithology Courses

There are surprisingly few Ornithology courses in light of the fact that there are many millions of birders. However, there are some...