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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY

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ZSSD LIBRARY FACTSHEETS

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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