Links to organisations, websites and mailing lists for Tropical Ornithology

GENERAL/LITERATURE:

• OWL - Ornithological Worldwide Literature: http://www.birdlit.org/
• SORA - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php
• ROL - Recent Ornithological Literature Online: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ROL/
• Taxonomy of neotropical bird species: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html
• Peregrine Fund's pdf library of ornithological literature: http://www.peregrinefund.org/research_library.asp
• Global Raptor Information Network (GRIN): http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/indexAlt.asp
• AMNH Novitates and further publications of AMNH: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/
• Bibliothèque Nacional de Francia (Gallica), especially for older literature: http://gallica.bnf.fr/
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Default.aspx
• Tips for bird collections and observations, concentrated by ABC Taxa: http://www.abctaxa.be/volumes/volume-8-manual-atbi/volumes/volume-8-manual-atbi/chapter-21/Chapter21.pdf

LATIN AMERICA:

• ACO - Asociación Colombiana de Ornitología: http://www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/
• SAO - Sociedad Antioqueña de Ornitología: http://www.sao.org.co/
• NOS - Neotropical Ornithological Society: http://www.neotropicalornithology.org/
• CIPAMEX - Sección Mexicana del Consejo Internacional para la Preservación de las Aves: www.huitzil.net
• AOCR - La Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica: http://www.avesdecostarica.org/
• SGO - Sociedad Guatemalteca de Ornithologia:  http://www.avesdeguatemala.org/
• SAP - Sociedad Audubon de Panamá: www.audubonpanama.org
• ALAS - Alianza para Las Areas Silvestres Nicaragua: www.avesnicaragua.org/ 
• SCAV - Sociedad Conservacionista Audubon de Venezuela: http://www.audubonvenezuela.org/
• CECIA - Corporación Ornitológica del Ecuador: http://www.avesconservacion.org/
• AA -  Aves Argentinas (and more links to regional organisations, e.g. Asociación Ornitológica del Plata): http://www.avesargentinas.org.ar/
• UNORCH - Unión de Ornitólogos de Chile: http://www.unorch.cl/
• SBO - Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia: http://www.ararajuba.org.br/
• CBRO - Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos: www.cbro.org.br/CBRO/mapa.htm

ASIA (SOUTH, SE, EAST, SOUTH CENTRAL):

• OBC - Oriental Bird Club: http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/
• BLI - BirdLife Indochina: http://www.birdlifeindochina.org/
• HKBWS - Hong Kong Bird Watching Society: http://www.hkbws.org.hk/web/eng/index_eng.htm
• Chinese Wild Bird Federation: http://www.bird.org.tw/index.php?block=main.php
• Wild Bird Society of Japan: http://www.wbsj.org/
• Birds Korea: http://www.birdskorea.or.kr/BK-Startpage.shtml
• BCST - Bird Conservation Society of Thailand: http://www.bcst.or.th/index.php?lang=en
• Malaysia Nature Society: http://www.mns.my/
• Nature Society (Singapore): http://www.nss.org.sg/
• Burung Indonesia: http://www.burung.org/
• Bird Conservation Nepal: http://www.birdlifenepal.org/
• Bombay Natural History Society: http://www.bnhs.org/
• Field Ornithological Group of Sri Lanka: http://www.fogsl.net/

AFRICA:

• BirdLife South Africa: http://www.birdlife.org.za/page/54/home
• Kenya Wildlife service: http://www.kws.org/

PACIFIC/OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND:

• Birds Australia: http://birdsaustralia.com.au/
• The Royal Forest and Bird Protection, New Zealand: http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/

INTERNATIONAL, with relevance for tropical regions:

• BIRDNET USA: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/
• BirdLife International: www.birdlife.org

(January 5, 2011)