Biology

Description

Birds of the World is a powerful electronic reference and research database featuring comprehensive life histories of more than 10,800 bird species and deep overviews of all 249 bird families. With scholarly content amassed from four celebrated works of ornithology and ongoing updates by leading ornithologists, these species accounts are integrated with millions of bird records from eBird and rich media resources from the Macaulay Library. Birds of the World provides scientists, students, conservationists, and birders with a sharp picture of the biology of the world’s birdlife.

Features

• Key to Scientific Names
• Ornithological Notes
• Range maps
• Taxonomy Explorer
• eBird Integration
• Full Species List
• News and Webinars

Content - note instructions for embedding maps and print.

• Editor's Notes
• How to Contribute
• Contributor portal
• Citations and references
• Requesting maps and media files
• Reporting errors and updates
• PDFs and print copies