Birds - Links

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Organisations
Conferences, congresses and meetings
Links to links
Other
Birds around Australia
Birdwatching
Fact sheets and bird calls
Threats to and protection of birds

Organisations

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS)
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/

Australasian Raptor Association (ARA)
http://www.ausraptor.org.au/frmain.htm

Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG)
http://www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm

Australian Bird Study Association (ABSA)
www.absa.asn.au/

Birds Australia (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union: RAOU)
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/ also lots of other links

Bird Observers Club of Australia
http://www.birdobservers.org.au/

Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG)
http://canberrabirds.org.au/

Cumberland Bird Observers Club (CBOC)
http://www.cboc.org.au/

Hunter Bird Observers Club (HBOC)
http://www.hboc.org.au/home.htm

NSW Bird Atlassers Inc
http://www.nswbirdatlassers.com/

Birding NSW
http://www.birdingnsw.org.au/

Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc.(OSNZ)
http://osnz.org.nz/

Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution (SAPE)
http://www.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/sape001.html.en also lots of other links

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Conferences, congresses and meetings

Australian Ornithological Congress (held every two years)
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/aoc/index.html

International Ornithological Congress (held every four years)
http://www.i-o-c.org/

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Links To links

Electronic Resources on Ornithology
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html

Selected Links to Other Ornithological Sites
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/birds/brdsites.html

Bird Skeletal Collections On-Line
http://207.16.80.151/zooarch/BWGColl.htm

Birdwatching Australia
http://www.ausbird.com/

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Other

Birding Aus Mail Archive
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/

Myna Home Page
http://www.anu.edu.au/srmes/wildlife/myna.html

Recent Ornithological Literature
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ROL/

Archaeopteryx Resources
http://www.daily-tangents.com/Aves/Archaeop/

All About Archaeopteryx
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/archaeopteryx/info.html

Australian Cuckoos
http://www.users.bigpond.com/LesMikeBrooker/cuckoos.htm

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Birds around Australia

Australian Wetland Birds
Information on wetland birds on Australian Federal Government site. Describes the different groups of wetland birds and the threats they face
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/migratory/waterbirds/wetbrds.html

Birds of Western Australia
Information on birds and bird watching sites in Western Australia. Includes information on threatened birds. This site also has a very good list of links to bird fact sheets and birding information around Australia.

Western Australian animals and plants
Information on some birds on the CALM site, Western Australia.
http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/plants_animals/five_by_five.html

Birds of Tasmania
From the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife site. Lists the birds of Tasmania. Some have fact sheet information and pictures.
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/birds/tasbirds.html

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Birdwatching

Birds Australia, Atlas
How to turn your birdwatching hobby into helping map Australia's bird life.
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/atlas/index.html

Pelagic Birding Homepage
Information for seabird watching trips and statistics on what birds people are seeing.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/pelagic/

Hints for Birding with children
This site has tips to for adults to help kids go birdwatching. It includes pictures of common birds.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~osch/hintsfor.htm

Birding About
This site has a list of and trip reports from birding sites across Australia. Within each listing there are background notes, images and other information relevant to the birding site.
http://birding.about.com/hobbies/birding/msub2-australiacountry.htm

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Fact sheets and bird calls

ABC Wildsound - Australian Bird songs.
An extensive list of bird calls.
http://abc.net.au/archives/av/birds.htm

ABC Online Backyard Birdwatch
Has a simple identifier and fact sheet information on the birds listed. This site also has bird calls.
http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/default.htm

Index to fact sheets on the ABC Backyard Birdwatch site
http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/asp/index.asp index to birds on the site.

ABC animal site - a range of animals including birds
http://abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/

Environment Protection Agency, Queensland – Nocturnal Animals: - Birds
Fact sheets on some nocturnal species that include the relevant bird calls.
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/native_animals/nocturnal_animals/birds/

Birds in Backyards – Featured Bird Group: Top 40 Birdsongs
Listen to 40 of the most common or distinctive birdsongs and find fact sheet information on each featured bird.
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/feature/top-40-bird-songs.cfm

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Threats to and protection of birds

Nestboxes
Information on nestboxes from the Bird Australia site.
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/infosheets/info5.html

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife
Information on bird keeping and licenses.
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Bird+keepers+licence

The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000
A national overview of the conservation status of all Australian birds which also outlines threats and recommends actions to minimise these.
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/birds2000/index.html

Environment Australia, Threatened Species
http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au/threaten/index.htm#lists

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