About Birds of the World
Birds of the World is a powerful ornithology research database that brings together deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology with millions of bird observations from eBird and multimedia from the Macaulay Library into a single platform where biologists and birders can explore comprehensive life history information on birds.
On our home page you can view nine free sample accounts. that demonstrate the following features:
- 10,906 species accounts with details on appearance, taxonomy, habitat, diet, breeding, behavior, and more.
- 249 bird family accounts
- Range maps, eBird Status & Trends maps, and animated migration maps
- Color illustrations of every species and many subspecies
- Expertly curated media galleries showing the bird throughout its life cycle (photos, videos, and sound recordings from the Macaulay Library)
- Avian taxonomy explorer with regional filters
- In-line science citations
- In-line media
- ‘Key to Scientific Names‘ by James A. Jobling, including original description, protonym, and type locality.
- Full Species List
- IUCN Conservation Status
- Ornithological Notes
- Science news blog
- Common bird names available in more than 53 languages as well as 38 regional versions of English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, for a total of 90 regional sets of bird names. Content remains in English.
- Ongoing updates by leading ornithologists
Birds of the World is available by subscription to anyone in the world – both personal and institutional plans are available. Scholarships are available.
View the links in the left sidebar for more information.