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OrnithologyOrnithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) 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. Regional associations and societies Europe United Kingdom 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.
Japan Europe Estonia Ireland Lithuania Slovenia - Society for Observation and Study of Birds of Slovenia (Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije) (DOPPS)
United Kingdom North America Canada USA Oceania New Zealand Publications and magazines - Acrocephalus, DOPPS (Slovenia)
- Ardeola, Sociedad Espaola de Ornitologa (Spain) - http://www.ardeola.org/
- Audubon Magazine (USA) - http://magazine.audubon.org/
- The Auk, American Ornithologists' Union (USA) - Post-1999 volumes http://www.aou.org/auk/index.php3; complete volumes 1-116 (1884-1999) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/index.php
- BirdingASIA (formerly OBC Bulletin), Oriental Bird Club - http://orientalbirdclub.org/publications/birdingasia/index.html, OBC Bulletin http://orientalbirdclub.org/publications/bulletin/index.html
- Bird Study (UK) - http://www.bto.org/membership/birdstudy.htm
- British Birds (UK)
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (UK) - http://www.boc-online.org/bulletin.htm
- The Condor, Cooper Ornithological Society (USA) - Post-2000 volumes http://www.cooper.org/; complete volumes 1-102 (1899-2000) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/index.php
- 'Elepaio, Hawaii Audubon Society (USA) - Free full-text access to last 2 volumes http://www.hawaiiaudubon.com/newsletter.html
- The Emu, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (Australia) - http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/96.htm
- Forktail, Oriental Bird Club - http://orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/index.html
- Hirundo (Estonia) - http://www.loodus.ee/hirundo/
- Ibis, British Ornithologists Union (UK) - http://www.bou.org.uk/pubibis.html
- Irish Birds (Ireland)
- The Journal of Field Ornithology, Association of Field Ornithologists (USA) - Complete volumes 51-70 (1980-1999) and precedessor publication Bird-Banding as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/index.php
- Japanese Journal of Ornithology (Japan) - http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/osj/english/activities/journal/contents%26abstracts.e.html
- Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (Japan) - http://www.yamashina.or.jp/kankobutu/yamashina_mokuji_e.html
- Kukila (Bulletin of the Indonesian Ornithological Society) - http://www.pili.or.id/kukila/index.htm
- Marine Ornithology - Free full-text access to volumes 16 and later (1988-present) http://www.marineornithology.org/
- Ostrich (South Africa)
- Ornithos (France) - http://www.lpo.fr/ornithos/
- Revista Ornitologa Colombiana, ACO (Colombia) - Free full-text access http://www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/
- Te Manu, Socit d'Ornithologie de Polynsie - Free back issues http://www.manu.pf/Temanu.html
- The Wilson Bulletin, Wilson Ornithological Society (USA) - Complete volumes 1-111 (1889-1999) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/index.php
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