Ornithology Archives

Whose Bird? I am something of a fanatic when it comes to bird names, particularly eponyms, and the history behind both the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

…take all the trees and put them in a tree museum… This section has links to websites concerned with the conservation of...

Dead as a Dodo It is a sad fact that, in the last few hundred years man has been responsible for the...

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