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We are sharing news of this webinar on behalf of the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand. Coming up this Saturday (19 Mar, 6.30 pm GMT+7) – join the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand to learn about the natural history and conservation of the Nordmann’s Greenshank (the ‘Grinning Sandpiper’), Asia’s second rarest shorebird, on webinar on […]
Expect to see a stunning new collection of Asian bird images show up in Birds of the World. The Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library is excited to be able to provide a new home to the Oriental Bird Club Image Database, and has committed to preserving the OBI collection for future generations.
The power of Birds of the World lies in its ability to synthesize data, science, multimedia, and maps from a variety of sources to reveal the most complete and accurate picture of birdlife possible. A growing network of contributors, scientists, and editors are constantly working behind the scenes to expand and integrate this knowledge into […]
Why is each species named what it is? And what do these names reveal about the birds themselves?
Over the next few weeks, the 2021 eBird Clements taxonomic update will progress. Â This update, our first since the launch of the Birds of the World website, takes into account recent taxonomic knowledge on splits, lumps, name changes, and changes in the sequence of the species lists.
A new species of Melanocharis berrypecker (Melanocharitidae) was discovered during a recent ornithological expedition to the Kumawa Mountains in West Papua, in the cloud forest at an elevation of 1200 m. It has been named Satin Berrypecker (Melanocharis citreola)
Big News from the Lab of Ornithology!! Now Merlin Bird ID - a handheld app for your smartphone - will help you ID the birds you hear!
Waders rarely exhibit cooperative breeding behaviors. However, published for the first time, are observations of cooperative breeding in multiple populations of Hawaiian Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) on two different islands.
An expedition team in Venezuela, led by ornithologist David Ascanio and supported by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), rediscovered the Urich’s Tyrannulet last month.
Eurasian Blackcap used to be a scarce wintering bird in the UK and Ireland, but the occurrence of overwintering Blackcaps has increased along with the popularity of bird feeding. These birds migrate from central Europe, in which has become a new migration route to spend the winter near the artificial feeding stations.