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FACTSHEETS
AvianWeb.com
Birds of North America Online -- 716 US & Canadian Bird Species (obtain password from Library)
Bird Factsheets -- Canadian Wildlife Service
Cranes -- USGS Patuxent Research Center
E-Nature Field Guides -- North American Species
Tree of Life -- all extant birds
QUALITY BIRD WEBSITES
American Ornithologists' Union -- Checklists of North & South American Birds
Aves Directory -- Google
Avibase -- Bird Life Intl. - 10,000 species 22,000 subspecies
Bird Banding Manual -- USGS
Bird Life International -- Bird Links to the World
Bird-On's Ornithological Dictionary
BIRDNET -- Information for professional ornithologists & students
Birds of North America Online -- 716 US & Canadian Bird Species (obtain password from Library)
Birds of Paradise Species Interest Committee -- Good bibliography and developmental charts for 3 species
Chick Embryology -- University of Illinois
Cranes -- USGS Patuxent Research Center comprehensive online resource
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
DuckData -- Bibliographic Database of North American Waterfowl
GeoBirds -- Bird identification site for birders
GRIN - Global Raptor Infomation Network -- Peregrin Fund
The Hummingbird Web Site -- award-winning, comprehensive site by enthusiast Lanny Chambers
Internet Bird Collection -- free audiovisual library sponsored by theĀ Handbook of the Birds of the World
Multi-Lingual Birdsearch Engine -- Translate bird names between 17 languages
Neorinthes - Modern Birds -- Excellent Tree of Life Phylogeny
North American Breeding Bird Survey -- USGS & Canada
Ornithology Resources -- Links to International Online Resources
Parrot Lexicon -- Incredible German Resource
Peregrine Fund -- World Center for Birds of Prey
Poultry Resources -- chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese
Psittacine Bibliography -- International publications
Science.gov -- Authoritative science information provided by U.S. Government agencies
SORA - Searchable Ornithologial Research Archive -- Searches 7 major bird journals and provides full text articles
VIREO -- Visual Resources for Ornithology
WildPro -- Online wildlife encyclopedia
TRAINING / ENRICHMENT / HUSBANDRY
AAZK -- American Association of Zoo Keepers
ABWAK -- British Wild Animal Keepers Husbandry Techniques
ASZK -- Australiasian Society of Zoo Keeping
AZA Animal Care Manuals -- Husbandry and Enrichment Information in the "Members Only" Section
Animal Behavior Society -- Online newsletter of the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual
APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual
APHIS Guide for Handling Fish for Fish-eating Animals
Applied Ethology -- U. of Saskatchewan
Animal Management Guidelines -- Log-in to Wildpro, click on Electronic Library, then scroll down
Avian Trainers and Educators
Bird Banding Manual -- USGS
Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior -- Indiana University
Disney's Animal Enrichment Program
Enrichment Online -- Fort Worth Zoo
Honolulu Zoo's Enrichment Program
Lab Animals - Comfortable Quarters -- Animal Welfare Institute
The Shape of Enrichment -- Quarterly publication of enrichment ideas
Species Information Network -- Captive Husbandry Information from European Zoos
TAXONOMIC INFORMATION
Avibase -- Bird Life Intl. - 10,000 species 22,000 subspecies
Avian Taxonomy --Sibley/Moore World List of Bird Names from 1990 & 1993
Classification of Living Things -- A tutorial on taxonomy
InfoNatura -- Animals of Latin America and the Caribbean
ISIS -- Zoo Resource - Click on Species Holdings. Use the 'Internet Explorer' Browser for full functionality
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System -- Excellent Resource: US, Canada and Mexican Governments
NatureServe -- Animals of the U.S. and Canada
Taxonomic Name Server -- UBio - Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer
Tree of Life Web Project -- Various professional scientists and experts
World Taxonomist Database
PHOTO & VIDEO RESOURCES
Internet Bird Collection (IBC) -- Audiovisual Library from Handbook of the Birds of the World
Visual Resources for Ornithology -- Academy of Natural Sciences
PHOTOS, VIDEOS & VOCALIZATIONS
BirdAudio - North American Birds --eNature.com
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics -- Ohio State
North American Bird Sounds -- Recorded by Doug Von Gausig
Patuxent Bird Songs -- USGS
Identification Key to Bird Calls -- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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