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.

Publications and magazines

• Acrocephalus, DOPPS (Slovenia)
• Ardeola, Sociedad Española de Ornitología (Spain) - http://www.ardeola.org/
• Audubon Magazine (USA) - http://magazine.audubon.org/
• The Auk, American Ornithologists' Union (USA) - Post-1999 volumes http://www.aou.org/auk/index.php3; complete volumes 1-116 (1884-1999) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/index.php
• BirdingASIA (formerly OBC Bulletin), Oriental Bird Club - http://orientalbirdclub.org/publications/birdingasia/index.html, OBC Bulletin http://orientalbirdclub.org/publications/bulletin/index.html
• Bird Study (UK) - http://www.bto.org/membership/birdstudy.htm
• British Birds (UK)
• Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (UK) - http://www.boc-online.org/bulletin.htm
• The Condor, Cooper Ornithological Society (USA) - Post-2000 volumes http://www.cooper.org/; complete volumes 1-102 (1899-2000) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/index.php
• 'Elepaio, Hawaii Audubon Society (USA) - Free full-text access to last 2 volumes http://www.hawaiiaudubon.com/newsletter.html
• The Emu, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (Australia) - http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/96.htm
• Forktail, Oriental Bird Club - http://orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/index.html
• Hirundo (Estonia) - http://www.loodus.ee/hirundo/
• Ibis, British Ornithologists Union (UK) - http://www.bou.org.uk/pubibis.html
• Irish Birds (Ireland)
• The Journal of Field Ornithology, Association of Field Ornithologists (USA) - Complete volumes 51-70 (1980-1999) and precedessor publication Bird-Banding as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/index.php
• Japanese Journal of Ornithology (Japan) - http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/osj/english/activities/journal/contents%26abstracts.e.html
• Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (Japan) - http://www.yamashina.or.jp/kankobutu/yamashina_mokuji_e.html
• Kukila (Bulletin of the Indonesian Ornithological Society) - http://www.pili.or.id/kukila/index.htm
• Marine Ornithology - Free full-text access to volumes 16 and later (1988-present) http://www.marineornithology.org/
• Ostrich (South Africa)
• Ornithos (France) - http://www.lpo.fr/ornithos/
• Revista Ornitología Colombiana, ACO (Colombia) - Free full-text access http://www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/
• Te Manu, Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie - Free back issues http://www.manu.pf/Temanu.html
• The Wilson Bulletin, Wilson Ornithological Society (USA) - Complete volumes 1-111 (1889-1999) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/index.php