Birds

Page Updated December 2024

All About Birds  Learn about these warm blooded animals, their diets and flying abilities at this site.

All About Birds - Online Bird Guide  A Web site on birds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this guide provides photos, range maps, songs and calls, plus information on habitat, food, reproduction and behavior.

Audubon's Birds Of America  The University of Pittsburgh is fortunate to own one of the rare, complete sets of John James Audubon’s Birds of America. We are pleased to present our complete double folio website of Audubon’s Birds of America, accompanied by his Ornithological Biography. Together these sets constitute an unprecedented online combination.

Avibase Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 21 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information for 12,000 regions, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more. This site is managed by Denis Lepage and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, the Canadian copartner of Birdlife International.

Backyard Birding & Houses  Welcome to the Backyard Birding Page, from Audubon. 

BirdCast  For readers interested in keeping an eye on upcoming migrations in the contiguous United States, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdCast Project is a great resource. Initially launched in 2012 and substantially updated in 2018, this project uses "many years of research and developments in machine learning, cloud-based computing, and big data analytics ... [to] feature migration forecasts that predict how many birds will be aloft over the continental US and live migration maps that report how many birds actually took flight." During seasonal migration events, visitors to BirdCast are greeted by colorful maps showing that day's migration forecast as well as the forecast for each of the next three days. Readers may also like to check out the Live Migration Maps for near real-time migration traffic.

Birds Of North America What could be better than a fully digitized, completely free, web-based Audubon Field Guide? The resources available on this site are as useful as they are beautiful. In addition to the Song and Calls section and the individual profiles of hundreds of birds. The navigation of the site is both functional and fun, and components such as the 2015 Photography Awards, with its heart-stopping images of birds from around the world, will delight and amaze.

Birds-Of-Paradise Project The birds-of-paradise have enthralled Western science for centuries, ever since Ferdinand Magellan's crew encountered them in the sixteenth century. With funding from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Geographic Expeditions Council, and Conservation International, Evolutionary Biologist Ed Scholes and Wildlife Photojournalist Tim Laman have spent years capturing images and videos that shed light on this species of bird found only in New Guinea, some nearby islands, and parts of eastern Australia.

Bird Songs  Pictures, songs and calls of some New York State birds.

Building Birdhouses A 45 page (PDF) guidebook on building your own birdhouses from master birdhouse builder Larry Jordan. Great for school or personal projects. Requires adult supervision. Help our fine feathered friends!

Great Backyard Bird Count The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an annual citizen science event arranged by the Cornell Ornithology Lab and the National Audubon Society. During the GBBC, bird lovers from around the world are invited to create a free account on eBird (available online and as an Android or iOS app) and report on the birds they observe in their backyards or communities. In doing so, participants provide valuable information about global bird populations and migratory patterns.

Hummingbirds.net  Welcome to hummingbirds.net, the source for information on attracting, watching, feeding, and studying North American hummingbirds.

Introduction to the Birds  The vertebrate class, Aves includes the birds, an extremely distinctive and successful class, with an estimated 9000 species worldwide.

Life of Birds  This excellent companion site to the PBS show by David Attenborough has information on bird songs, evolution, bird parenthood, and lots more.

State Birds  A list of all the 50 US state birds.

The Evolution of Flight  This UCMP/PacBell learning module examines evidence from the fossil record of events that led to flight in the dinosaur lineage.