Field Guide for all the Birds of North America
Bird Associations
Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities
ABA - American Birding Association
The ABA - American Birding Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides leadership to birders by increasing their knowledge, skills, and enjoyment of birding. We are the only organization in North America that specifically caters to recreational birders. We also contribute to bird and bird habitat conservation through our varied programs.
AOU - American Ornithologists' Association
The mission of the AOU - American Ornithologists' Union is to advance the scientific understanding of birds, to enrich ornithology as a profession and to promote a rigorous scientific basis for the conservation of birds.
ABC - American Bird Conservancy
Mission
ABC - American Bird Conservancy is a 501(c)(3), not-for profit organization whose mission is to conserve native birds and their habitats throughout the Americas.
Vision
We envision an Americas-wide landscape where diverse interests collaborate to ensure that native bird species and their habitats are protected, where their protection is valued by society and they are routinely considered in all land-use and policy decision-making.
NAC - National Audubon Society
Audubon's Mission is for the NAC - National Audubon Society to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.
References to Other Bird Sites:
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify and understand our fine feathered friends.