RESOURCES
Here are some general resources used throughout this website:
For BIRD SOUNDS AND CALLS: https://www.xeno-canto.org/
For BIRD NAMES: The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names ; The Dictionary of American Bird Names by Ernest A. Choate.
For BIRD PROFILES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/
https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide
https://animaldiversity.org/
http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/home-page.html
https://www.whatbird.com/
Many Resources and Links are provided on the pages of this website on a vast array of topics related to birds, for example:
Bird Feeding
Bird Watching
Birds Breeding on PEI
Birds Not Breeding on PEI
Conservation
Interesting Behaviors in Birds
PEI Bird Index by English Name
Taxonomic List of Birds of PEI
Below is a list of resources and links specific to Prince Edward Island:
Field Checklist of Birds (8th Edition) 2014, published by the Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Nature PEI
The PEI birders Facebook page
Island Nature Trust
http://lists.upei.ca/listinfo/peibirders (a membership email list system to report bird sightings)
PEI Nature Tracker (a website collecting wildlife sightings on Prince Edward Island)
http://www.birdcanada.com/birding-by-province/birding-pei/
http://birdingpal.org/princee.htm
http://www.peisland.com/virtualtour/birding.htm
http://macphailwoods.org/nature-guides/birds/
http://peiwatershedalliance.org (umbrella organization for watershed groups on PEI)
Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group (American Kestrel web cam)
Below is a list of resources and links for some countries and states:
AUSTRALIA:
www.birdlife.org.au/all-about-birds
www.birds/birdlist.org/australia.htm
www.birdsqueensland.org.au/nuisance_birds.php
www.birdsinbackyards.net/Birds-Behaving-Badly
CONNECTICUT:
List of Birds of Connecticut
Audubon Society
University of Connecticut Ornithology
A birder website : fatbirder
HAWAII:
Please check this new website on BIRDS OF HAWAII
Birds of the island of Kauai
Hawaii’s birds: past, present, and future
List of birds of Hawaii (both introduced and endemic)
Introduced bird species in Hawaii
Endemic bird species in Hawaii
Bird conservation in Hawaii
Books – A Pocket Guide to Hawaii’s Birds, by H. Douglas Pratt (very useful!)
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawaii, University of Hawai’i Press
Hawaii’s Birds, by the Hawaii Audubon Society
JAPAN:
www.whatbird.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant_fishing
www.orientalbirdimages.org/
http://pikanakiusagi.web.fc2.com/songs_e/index.html
www.environment.gov.au/node/14284 (Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Migratory Waterbirds & the East Asian-Australasian Flyway)
NEW ZEALAND:
www.albatrossencounter.co.nz (private sea tours in Kaikoura for seabirds)
www.nzbirds.com
www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz (provide lots of info + dozens of photos on each bird)
www.osnz.org.nz (The Ornithological Society of New Zealand)
www.planetofbirds.com/
TANZANIA
List of Birds of Tanzania
Photos of birds of Tanzania
Status of Tanzania birds
Tanzania does not appear to currently have a 'national' bird, but the Grey-crowned crane is sometimes mentioned unofficially (although this species is already the national bird of Uganda).
For BIRD SOUNDS AND CALLS: https://www.xeno-canto.org/
For BIRD NAMES: The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names ; The Dictionary of American Bird Names by Ernest A. Choate.
For BIRD PROFILES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/
https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide
https://animaldiversity.org/
http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/home-page.html
https://www.whatbird.com/
Many Resources and Links are provided on the pages of this website on a vast array of topics related to birds, for example:
Bird Feeding
Bird Watching
Birds Breeding on PEI
Birds Not Breeding on PEI
Conservation
Interesting Behaviors in Birds
PEI Bird Index by English Name
Taxonomic List of Birds of PEI
Below is a list of resources and links specific to Prince Edward Island:
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| Blue jay, PEI Provincial bird, Marie Smith |
Nature PEI
The PEI birders Facebook page
Island Nature Trust
http://lists.upei.ca/listinfo/peibirders (a membership email list system to report bird sightings)
PEI Nature Tracker (a website collecting wildlife sightings on Prince Edward Island)
http://www.birdcanada.com/birding-by-province/birding-pei/
http://birdingpal.org/princee.htm
http://www.peisland.com/virtualtour/birding.htm
http://macphailwoods.org/nature-guides/birds/
http://peiwatershedalliance.org (umbrella organization for watershed groups on PEI)
Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group (American Kestrel web cam)
Below is a list of resources and links for some countries and states:
AUSTRALIA:
www.birdlife.org.au/all-about-birds
www.birds/birdlist.org/australia.htm
www.birdsqueensland.org.au/nuisance_birds.php
www.birdsinbackyards.net/Birds-Behaving-Badly
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| Emu, National bird of Australia, by Sheba |
List of Birds of Connecticut
Audubon Society
University of Connecticut Ornithology
A birder website : fatbirder
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| American robin, Connecticut State bird |
Please check this new website on BIRDS OF HAWAII
Birds of the island of Kauai
Hawaii’s birds: past, present, and future
List of birds of Hawaii (both introduced and endemic)
Introduced bird species in Hawaii
Endemic bird species in Hawaii
Bird conservation in Hawaii
Books – A Pocket Guide to Hawaii’s Birds, by H. Douglas Pratt (very useful!)
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawaii, University of Hawai’i Press
Hawaii’s Birds, by the Hawaii Audubon Society
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| Nene, State bird of Hawaii |
www.whatbird.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant_fishing
www.orientalbirdimages.org/
http://pikanakiusagi.web.fc2.com/songs_e/index.html
www.environment.gov.au/node/14284 (Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Migratory Waterbirds & the East Asian-Australasian Flyway)
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| Green pheasant, National bird of Japan, Alpsdake |
www.albatrossencounter.co.nz (private sea tours in Kaikoura for seabirds)
www.nzbirds.com
www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz (provide lots of info + dozens of photos on each bird)
www.osnz.org.nz (The Ornithological Society of New Zealand)
www.planetofbirds.com/
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| Kiwi, New Zealand National bird |
List of Birds of Tanzania
Photos of birds of Tanzania
Status of Tanzania birds
Tanzania does not appear to currently have a 'national' bird, but the Grey-crowned crane is sometimes mentioned unofficially (although this species is already the national bird of Uganda).
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| Grey-crowned crane, Tanzania |