There are no current updates to this page. We suggest that you consult the following links.
General Information On Birds
- http://www.arkive.org/threatened-species/birds/
information and superb photographs and videos of threatened bird species worldwide (listed alphabetically); includes Arabian species - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/class/Bird
part of the BBC Nature website; excellent photographs - http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/
companion website to David Attenborough’s television series ‘The Life of Birds’ - http://www.birdlife.org/index.html
Birdlife is an international organisation with partners in many regions, working to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity. - http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/userfiles/Checklist%20v3_June10.zip
[1.6 MB] BirdLife International (2009) The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world, with conservation status and taxonomic sources - http://www.rspb.org
website of the UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; features international conservation issues, wildlife webcams and topics such as wildlife gardening and bird-watching
Arabian Birds
- http://www.arabianwildlife.com/nature/bird/index.html
lots of information about birds of the UAE, much of which is generally applicable to the Arabian Peninsula - http://www.birdsoman.com/
excellent photographs of birds and other Arabian wildlife, along with regularly updated birding reports - http://www.uaebirding.com
superb website with useful information, checklists and a very extensive collection of photographs of birds found in the Arabian Peninsula; this site also contains the UAE Nature Forum at http://www.uaebirding.com/forum/ – provides useful information and photographs, as well as an opportunity to post questions related to Arabian wildlife - http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/mideast_ibas/index.html
section of the Birdlife International website featuring important bird areas of the Middle East - http://www.arabianwildlife.com/current/waders.html
article on the wading birds of the Arabian Peninsula - http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.3/majfly.htm
information on vultures, eagles and lesser kestrel
Bird Anatomy
- http://www.all-birds.com/Anatomy.htm
part of a larger, informative website on birds; deals with flight, types of beaks and feet, and other aspects of bird anatomy - http://www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_bird2.html
useful, straightforward page on anatomical features of birds - http://www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Birds/Avian-flight.html
excellent text and photographs explaining the anatomy of bird flight
Falcons And Falconry
- http://www.i-a-f.org/new/
website of the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey - http://www.falconhospital.com/web/default.aspx
website of the Falconry Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Bird Migration
- http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/index.htm
section of the large United States Geological Survey website containing extensive information about bird migration (scroll down for contents) - http://wetlands.org/Whatwedo/Flywaysforwaterbirds/tabid/772/Default.aspx
one of a series of pages on the Wetlands International website featuring water bird migration - http://www.followthebird.org/
linked to the Wetlands International site and includes interactive map to follow purple heron migration - http://www.birdlife.org/flyways/index.html
Birdlife International’s Flyways Programme – follow links on this page for more information - http://www.birdlife.org/flyways/africa_eurasia/borntotravel/index.html
video about migratory birds that use the Africa-Eurasian flyway (which includes the Arabian Peninsula)
For Younger Children
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/
information and printouts on birds
Bird Communication
- http://www.bl.uk/listentonature/specialinterestlang/langofbirdscontents.html
information on the language of birds and samples from the British Library collection of 8,000 bird songs