Ornithology

Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. It includes observations on the structure and classification of birds, and on their habits, song and flight.

National associations and societies

Asia

India

• Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): Located at Mumbai (formerly Bombay), it is the largest and oldest non-government Organization in the area of natural history in the Indian subcontinent. Visit http://www.bnhs.org
• Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) Located near Coimbatore.
• Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. The government department meant to document and study the fauna of India.

Japan

• The Ornithological Society of Japan (OSJ) - http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/osj/english/home_e.html
• Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ) - http://www.wbsj.org/
• Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds (JSPB) - http://www.jspb.org/english/e_index.htm
• Yamashina Institute for Ornithology - http://www.yamashina.or.jp/english/toppage.html

Europe

Estonia

• Estonian Ornithological Society - http://www.eoy.ee/

Ireland

• BirdWatch Ireland

Lithuania

• Lithuanian Ornithological Society - http://www.birdlife.lt

Slovenia

• Society for Observation and Study of Birds of Slovenia (Dru?tvo za opazovanje in prou?evanje ptic Slovenije) (DOPPS)

United Kingdom

• British Ornithologists' Club
• British Ornithologists' Union
• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
• The British Birds Rarities Committee
• The Rare Birds Breeding Panel (RBBP)
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)

North America

Canada

• Bird Studies Canada

USA

• American Birding Association
• American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
• Association of Field Ornithologists
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• National Audubon Society
• Wilson Ornithological Society

Oceania

Australia

• Birds Australia

New Zealand

• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand