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The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States.It was first published as a series in sections between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London.
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. [1] Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds. [2] It has also been an area with a large contribution made by amateurs in terms of time, resources, and financial support.
Pamela Cecile Rasmussen (born October 16, 1959) is an American ornithologist and expert on Asian birds. She was formerly a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and is based at the Michigan State University.
Skutch wrote over 40 books and over 200 papers on ornithology, preferring a descriptive style and eschewing statistics and even banding. [4] He died eight days before his 100th birthday, in the same year that he received the Loye and Alden Miller Research Award. He is universally regarded as one of the world's greatest ornithologists. [5]
Canada. Bird Studies Canada; Society of Canadian Ornithologists; British Columbia Field Ornithologists; Mexico. CIPAMEX, La Sección Mexicana del Consejo Internacional para la Preservación de las Aves, A.C.
Message on Cornell Lab of Ornithology John Weaver Fitzpatrick (born September 17, 1951, in Saint Paul, Minnesota [ 2 ] ) is an American ornithologist primarily known for his research work on the South America n avifauna and for the conservation of the Florida scrub jay .
Timothy G. Laman is an American ornithologist, wildlife photojournalist and filmmaker. He is notable for documenting all the species of bird-of-paradise in their native habitat during research expeditions with colleague Edwin Scholes of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [1]
In 2018, the American Ornithology Society announced a partnership with Oxford University Press to publish The Condor: Ornithological Applications and The Auk: Ornithological Advances. [ 3 ] In January 2021, The Condor was renamed as Ornithological Applications to make the title more descriptive and clarify its thematic focus and citation. [ 4 ]