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Checklists

  ABA Checklist of Birds   (939 species) Version 6.7 (Feb 2007)
     
  AOU - North American Birds   (2041 species) 7th Edition 47th Supplement (2006)
     
  Clement's Checklist of Birds of the World (<9800 species) 6th Ed via Cornell (Mar 2007) - book purchase info only
  Clement's Checklist - Cornell More book purchase info
  Clements Checklist Info Info from Ibis Publishing (published 5th Ed)
     Updates to Clements 5th Ed Checklist Information (from May 30, 2000 to July 15, 2005)
     
  Sibley-Monroe Checklist  (9702 species) Not updated since 1993
  Sibley-Monroe Checklist Online list
  Sibley-Monroe Checklist Online list
     
  IOC checklist   (Excel version) Birds of the World - recommended English names
     
  Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World Select specific region to obtain checklist
  Birdbase/Birdarea Santa Barbara Software Products
  BiologyBase Lists of birds and other things
  WorldBirdInfo (World-wide Database of Birds) John Penhallurick (Australia)

Bird Information

  About Birding  Info on birds/birding from the About site
  American Bird Center  
   
 
  Avibase - World Bird Database  
  Beginning Birdwatching  
  Bird stamps Photos of bird stamps from all over the world
  Birding.com
    Birding dot Com logo
Pete Thayer's site
   Top 25 Birding Web Sites
  Birdingonthe.net      
    
Jack Siler's site
  See also: BirdMail and Tuffbirds
  Birding Hotspots Around the World Tina MacDonald's site
         USA Hotspots      MN Hotspots also from Tina MacDonald
  Birder.com
    Birder.com
 
  Bird Migration - Nexrad Radar  
  Bird Name changes Most recent name changes to ABA/AOU checklist
  Bird Name History Name changes and additions to the AOU checklist
  Birds of North America - Online Annual Subscription - $40
  Birds of the World Recommended English Names
  Birds411
    birds411
 
  Birdwatcher's Digest
   
 
  Birdwatching.com
    Birdwatching.com
 
  BirdzillaBirdZilla  
  Clemson Radar Ornithology Laboratory Radar tracking of bird migration
  Cornell
   
Audio Guide Information
  Crane Cam National Geographic site - with cam of the crane
  DigiBird Information on digiscoping birds
  GORP Regional Birding Guide Great Outdoors Recreation Pages
  Geographical Birding Resources USA & Canada
  Hummingbird Monitoring Network  
  Peterson Online  
  Ramphastos
    Ramphastos
Bird ID CDs
  Sam's Guide
   
Bird ID CDs
  SORA - Journal Database Search From the University of New Mexico.  SORA stands for Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
  Stokes at Home
    Stokes at Home
 
  Surfbirds
    Surfbird Logo
All sorts of birding information - including listing
  USGS Migratory “Aerofauna” Tracking bird migration by radar
  Western Atlantic Shorebird Association
       Banding Info - band combinations
 
  What bird
   
Sights and sounds of 820 species of NA birds
  Wildbirds
    Wildbirds Logo
 
  Wildlife-Computing
   
UK company

Banding Code Information

  Species Banding Code Information download list sorted in species (taxonomic) number, alpha code number or by common name

Documenting Rare Species

  Documenting Rarities Wilds, C, and R. Hilton. 1992.  Maryland Birdlife 48:30_35.
  Helpful Hints on Documentation Oklahoma Bird Records Committee
  How to Document Rare Birds
 -also via Louisiana Ornithological Society
Dittmann, D. L., and G. W. Lasley. 1992,Birding 24:145_159
  Identification and Documentation Skills Maryland Bird Records Committee - tribute to Claudia Wilds
  Writing Convincing Details A step-by-step primer provided by Mark Patterson