Resources
A field guide to useful places
A short list of organizations, journals, and data projects that are useful for neotropical bird research and conservation. External sites are provided for reference. The Center does not control their content.
Research and data
- eBird, a global bird observation database.
- Macaulay Library, an archive of bird media.
- IUCN Red List, extinction risk assessments for species.
- BirdLife DataZone, species and site information.
- Neotropical Ornithological Society, a society for neotropical bird study.
- Ornitologia Neotropical, the society's journal.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World, a major reference work.
- Xeno canto, a library of bird sounds.
- BirdCast, migration forecasts and radar data.
- NatureServe, biodiversity status and distribution data.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility, open species occurrence records.
- iNaturalist, community observations of wildlife.
- Movebank, a platform for animal movement data.
- VertNet, a searchable museum specimen network.
Field stations and land
- Organization of Biological Field Stations
- Valley Land Fund
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- National Audubon Society
- Texas Birding Trails
- BirdLife Important Bird Areas
- National Park Service
- The Nature Conservancy
- Ducks Unlimited
- Audubon Important Bird Areas
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Quail and grassland birds
- IUCN Species Survival Commission
- World Pheasant Association
- Partners in Flight
- Quail Coalition
- Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation
Regional partners
- Asociacion Calidris, Colombia
- Sociedad Antioquena de Ornitologia, Colombia
- ProAves, Colombia
- Pronatura Mexico
- Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico
- University of the West Indies, Trinidad