- American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds - The official source on the taxonomy of birds found in North and Middle America, including adjacent islands. The full list of 2,023 bird species (with scientific and English names) is online in html, pdf, and dbf formats.
www.aou.org/aou/birdlist.html
- Bird Families of the World - Don Roberson's detailed guides to about half of the world's 202 bird families.
montereybay.com/creagrus/list.html
- Bird Lists - Lists sorted by taxonomy, scientific names, or English names for the world, the ABA area, or the AOU area.
birdingonthe.net/birdlists
- Birds of North America - Comprehensive reference series on North American birds, with information and sample profiles.
www.birdsofna.org
- Birds of North American, Audubon's Watercolors - Fifty-one images of North American birds from watercolors done by John James Audubon. List can be browsed by common or scientific name.
www.nature.net/birds
- Birds of the World - List of current valid scientific avian names subdivided by order and family, based on the Sibley and Monroe and AOU lists. Includes scientific names and publication details.
www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html
- Birds of the World - Lists of all species with scientific and English names, subdivided by Family. Choice of list based on the Clements or the Sibley and Monroe classification schemes.
birdingonthe.net/clements
- Class Aves - Birds are vertebrates with feathers, modified for flight and for active metabolism. Birds are a monophyletic lineage, evolved once from a common ancestor, and all birds are related through that common origin.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves.html
- Eggs - A Virtual Exhibition - The Provincial Museum of Alberta's on-line, searchable, field guide of over 300 bird eggs. Global, with emphasis on birds of Alberta. Includes photos and taxonomic information.
pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/eggs/vexhome/egghome.htm
- Exotic Pet Veterinarian - Avian Anatomy - Describes the anatomy and physiology of birds for the lay audience, explaining technical terms along the way. Some emphasis on details of psittacines.
www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/anatomy.html
- Introduction to the Aves - Scientific background and information on birds.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/birdintro.html
- Mango Verde - Photos and sounds for almost 2000 bird species; field guide quick indices.
www.mangoverde.com
- Multilingual Bird Search - Translates world bird names between several languages, including scientific names. Includes photo gallery.
www.knutas.com/birdsearch
- The Extinct Birds of the World - Pictures and information about the nearly 100 recently extinct birds of the world.
www.geocities.com/carmelbird/birds
- Virtual Bird - A collection of bird photographs, videos, and songs from North America and Europe (mainly Finland).
virtual-bird.com
- Western Palearctic Bird Sounds - Links to sound recordings on other sites.
www.ifrance.com/WPBS
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