List of ornithological societies

The following is a list of regional ornithological societies.

Africa

South Africa

• BirdLife South Africa

Asia

India

• Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): Located at Mumbai (formerly Bombay).
• Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) Located near Coimbatore.

Japan

• Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ)
• Yamashina Institute for Ornithology

South Korea

• Birds Korea

Caribbean

• BirdsCaribbean

Dominican Republic

• Hispaniolan Ornithological Society

Europe

Danmark

• Danish Ornithological Union (Dansk Ornitologisk Forening, DOF)

France

• (LPO)

Germany

• Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft

Hungary

• Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület, MME)

Italy

• Italian Bird Protection League (Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli, LIPU)

Norway

• Norwegian Ornithological Society (Norsk Ornitologisk Forening, NOF)

Poland

• Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków, OTOP)

Spain

• Spanish Ornithological Society (Sociedad Española de Ornitología, SEO)
• Catalan Ornithological Institute (Institut Català d'Ornitologia, ICO)

Sweden

• Swedish Ornithological Union (Sveriges ornitologiska förening, SOF)

Switzerland

• Swiss Ornithological Institute (Vogelwarte)

United Kingdom

• British Ornithologists' Club
• British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
• British Birds Rarities Committee
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Scottish Ornithologists' Club
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)

North America

Canada

• Bird Studies Canada
• Society of Canadian Ornithologists
• British Columbia Field Ornithologists

Mexico

USA

• American Birding Association
• American Ornithological Society (Formed in 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union and the Cooper Ornithological Society)
• Association of Field Ornithologists
• Baird Ornithological Club
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• National Audubon Society
• Ornithological Council
• Pacific Seabird Group
• Raptor Research Foundation
• Rocky Mountain Raptor Program
• Waterbird Society
• Wilson Ornithological Society

Oceania

Australia

• Birds Australia

New Zealand

• Ornithological Society of New Zealand
• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand

References