Birds Are People

Birds in Nature

• The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman (Scribe, 2020)
• The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (Penguin, 2017)
• Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead (Walter & Co., 2012)
• Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson (Basic Books, 2011)
• Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell (Simon & Schuster, 2012)
• Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur by Sy Montgomery (Atria Books, 2010)
• Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg (Collins, 2008)
• What It's Like to Be a Bird by David Allen Sibley (Knopf, 2020)
• The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human by Noah Strycker (Riverhead Books, 2014)
• What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young (Mariner Books, 2013)

Birds in Human Culture & History

• Birds and Us:A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation by Tim Birkhead (Princeton University Press, 2022)
• The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology by Tim Birkhead (Bloomsbury, 2008)
• Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird by Andrew D. Blechman (Grove Press, 2007)
• Parrot Culture Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination With The Worlds Most Talkative Bird by Bruce Thomas Boehrer (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)
• All About Birds: A Short Illustrated History of Ornithology by Valérie Chansigaud (Princeton University Press, 2010)
• Avian Aesthetics in Literature and Culture: Birds and Humans in Popular Imagination edited by Danette DiMarco and Timothy Ruppert (Lexington Books, 2022)
• Scarlet Experiment: Birds and Humans in America by Jeff Karnicky (University of Nebraska Press, 2016)
• Birdpedia: A Brief Compendium of Avian Lore by Christopher W. Leahy and Abby McBride (Princeton University Press, 2021)
• Bird: Exploring the Winged World by Phaidon Editors (Phaidon Press Limited, 2021)
• Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds by Boria Sax (Reaktion Books, 2021)
• Pigeon by Barbara Allen (Reaktion Books, 2009)

Humor

• The Mincing Mockingbird: Guide to Troubled Birds by Matt Adrian (Blue Rider Press, 2014)
• It Is Folly To Assume My Awesome Lies Dormant: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird by Matt Adrian (Mincing Mockingbird, 2010)
• False Knees: An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior by Joshua Barkman (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2019)
• The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht (Chronicle Books, 2019)
• The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World by Matt Kracht (Chronicle Books, 2021)
• Birding Is My Favorite Video Game by Rosemary Mosco (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2018)
• A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary Mosco (Workman, 2021)
• Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification by Aaron Reynolds (Ten Speed Press, 2019)

Ornithology

Databases

• Avibase – The World Bird Database: Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world.
• Avian Knowledge Network: The Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) is a collaborative effort between a multitude of stakeholders to facilitate and enhance bird conservation.
• BirdLife International Data Zone
• eBird: Aims to gather this information in the form of checklists of birds, archive it, and freely share it to power new data-driven approaches to science, conservation and education.
• Featherbase: Featherbase is a working group of German feather scientists and other collectors worldwide who came together with their personal collections and created the biggest and most comprehensive online feather library in the world.
• National Audubon Society Open Data Library: Discover public apps, maps, data, tools, and resources from the National Audubon Society
• Partners in Flight (PIF) databases: The PIF Databases were developed with the input of dozens of ornithological experts from 10 countries.
• University of Florida Bird Sounds Database

Networks

• Ornithology Exchange, An online community of individuals and organizations interested in ornithology, the scientific study of birds.
• Parrot Research Group, Grew out of a working group of the International Orthinologists' Union.
• r/Ornithology, A subreddit community dedicated to the scientific study of wild birds.

Open Access Journals

• Avian Conservation and Ecology, Published by the Society of Canadian Ornithologists since 2005.
• Avian Research, Affiliated with the China Ornithological Society and Beijing Forestry University, and now published by Science Direct (previously published by BMC from 2014 to 2022).
• Avocetta: Journal of Ornithology, Published by Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici.
• Birds, Published by MDPI.
• Cassinia, Published by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club.
• Marine Ornithology: Journal of Seabird Research and Conservation, Published by the Pacific Seabird Group on behalf of a consortium of seabird groups: African, Australasian, Dutch, Japan, and Pacific.
• Journal of Avian Biology, A journal of the Nordic Society Oikos, published by Wiley.
• Journal of Field Ornithology, Published on behalf of the Association of Field Ornithologists.
• Raptor Journal, Journal of Raptor Protection of Slovakia, published by Sciendo.
• The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Published by the Wilson Ornithological Society.

Bird Links

Fun

• birdie: Guess the North American bird
• Bird and Moon: Comics and diagrams about birds and other wildlife.
• False Knees: Award-winning web comic about sad birds.

Conservation

• American Bird Conservancy: American Bird Conservancy is dedicated to conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas.
• Audubon: The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
• Bird Conservation Network: A coalition of over 20 conservation groups, including bird clubs, ornithological societies, and conservation organizations sharing an interest in the preservation of our local birds and the habitats they need to survive.
• BirdLife International: Aims to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people toward sustainability in the use of natural resources.
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Aims to interpret and conserve the Earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds and nature.
• Hawk Watch
• International Bird Rescue: International Bird Rescue is a global conservation organization for birds in a changing world. Since 1971, Bird Rescue has responded to over 250 oil spills and other wildlife emergencies, caring for more than 160,000 birds on six continents.
• Kākāpō Recovery: Kākāpō Recovery combines the efforts of scientists, rangers, volunteers and donors to protect the critically endangered kākāpō.
• Kea Conservation Trust: The Kea Conservation Trust was set up in 2006 to assist in conservation of wild Kea (Nestor notabilis) in their natural habitat and to increase the husbandry standards and advocacy potential of those Kea held in captive facilities within New Zealand.
• Macaw Recovery Network: Many parrot species are on the brink of extinction and it is a pivotal time to band together. The Network brings together organizations that are interested in the development and sharing of practical knowledge.
• Partners in Flight: Partners in Flight (PIF) is a dynamic and welcoming network of more than 150 partner organizations distributed throughout the Western Hemisphere.
• World Parrot Trust: The World Parrot Trust (WPT) has brought together global wildlife conservation and welfare specialists to direct and put into action effective programs to protect parrots.

Pet Parrot Forums

• Avian Avenue
• Lovebirds Plus Community
• The Parrot Club
• Parrot Forums
• Precisesly Parrots
• r/Parrots
• Talk Parrots