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Some useful links are:
South American Birds:
The
Neotropical Bird Club: A site with lots of information on
South American Birds. If you're interested, you should
join.
Brazilian
Ornithological Records Committee: Mostly in Portuguese but if
you want the official Brazil List, this is where to find it.
The Cristalino Jungle Lodge: A great place to
stay if you want to see a large number of Amazon birds.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve: Details of the
reserve and some great photos by Martin Reid.
Boute Expeditions: Paulo Boute organises birding in
Brazil, including the Pantanal.
Wild Macaws: Harold Armitage's site on
Macaws
Simon Woolley and Julia Casson: A very good Brazil
trip report with some excellent photos.
Neomorphus: An excellent site from Joe Tobias with
photos, sound and articles on South American Birds
Birds of
the Caatinga: Some excellent photos by Hermann Redies from
his farm in the caatinga of Ceará.
Save Brasil: This is Birdlife International's
Brazilian partner and the site, in English and Portuguese, has
some useful information on the threatened birds of Brazil.
Rick
Simpson: Rick is a bird guide presently living in Ubatuba one
of the best areas in the Atlantic Rain Forest. Check out his
website.
Avibirds: This site covers the birds of Surinam with
many fine photos, videos and illustrations as well as
comprehensive notes.
Ciro
Albano: Ciro Albano is a Brazilian ornithologist who also
happens to be a great photographer and bird guide specialising in
the north-east of Brazil. On this website he presents some of his
best photos.
General:
The Fat Birder: This site seems to have everything
on birds and keeps very up-to-date.
Bird Families of the World: gives you a world
list by family with some photos and recordings.
Birding hotspots around the world: with some great
photos.
WorldTwitch:
Better for some regions than others but lots of interesting
contributions from around the world.
Peterson
Online: Mainly North America but comprehensive info and a
rich site.
The
Hummingbird Society: Seems to be developing to cover South
American species as well.
Subbuteo
Books: Highly recommended for books on birds and other nature
subjects.
Birding
Israel: This site is about birds, birdwatching opportunities
and birding hotspots in Israel.
Handbook of the
Birds of the World: Lynx Editions are publishing the first
work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the species
of birds in the world
Damisela's Electronic Zoo: An interesting
collection of photos. Text is in Spanish.
Gary Ritchison's page on Avian
Reproduction: A fascinating page on reproduction of birds
including eggs and the reproductive anatomy. The links are well
worth following.
birdingart.com: Chris Lodge's new site featuring
bird paintings.
Wildlife Online: Marc Baldwin's site featuring
elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) along with many
mammals.
ARKive: a
unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files
illustrating the world's species.
European Birds:
Birdguides: A great site for UK birds, especially
the Rarities page.
The SOC:
Lots of info about birds in Scotland and where to see them.
Dutch
Birding Association: ditto for Holland
British
Birds Magazine: Probably the oldest birding magazine in the
UK if not the world.
Insh
Marshes, Scotland: One of my favourite places. Site includes
a good map.
Montrose Basin, Scotland: Another great site in
Scotland.
The
Wildlife Web: Bird news from the North East of Scotland.
Birds
Poland: Information about birding in Poland.
UK
Wildlife Helpline: Help with identification of wildlife in
general.
Hungarian Birdwatching: Information on the birds and
birding sites of Hungary.
Andalucian Guides: Information on birds and tours in
the south of Spain. Greek
Bird Photography: Some great photos from Panos Oikonomou.
Oiseaux.net: A very comprehensive site about French,
European and World birds. Some of the content is only in French
but much is in English and Dutch and the photos are
excellent.
Birdsong
Brazilian Birdsong: Some recordings by Jacques
Veillard
Doug Von
Gausig: Comprehensive info about recording with many
interesting samples.
Photography
Arthur Morris - Birds as Art: Apart from
having a cool first name, this guy is one of the great
photographers.
Stint Fan: Great photos of stints and other
waders.
Marcelo Krause: Excellent photos from the Pantanal
of Brazil..
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