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A - INTERNAL LINKS | ||
Sound guide
A stalled attempt to make a sound guide to the Mexican birds. Not so easy... |
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GPS link generator
Creates a quick and simple link for use in mails or the like. |
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Impulses
Mostly in Danish. |
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Species with split potential
Mexican species that might be subject to splitting in the future. |
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Book Reviews
Reviews of books about birds and birding relevant to Mexico. |
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Reports
My own bird reports, from Mexico. |
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Mexican ebird updates 2016-2019
A compilation of changes to the ebird/Clements taxonomy relevant to Mexico. |
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Rancho Primavera Bird List
An attempt to how the bird list for Rancho Primavera in El Tuito, south of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco could look like. In present state it reflects the status as it was in 2019, but the work was never approved or commented by the owner, and is therefore not continued or updated. |
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ACCOMMODATION | ||
MEXICO | ||
CAMPECHE | ||
Campamento YAAX´CHE en Calakmul
Camping facilities in the middle of the jungle along the road toward the ruins. Reservations can be made via booking.com and other portals. Or phone: +52 044 983 134 8818. No website anymore. |
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Hotel Puerta Calakmul
Fully equipped cabins with a good restaurant service. This is the closest you can stay to the Calakmul ruins in a comfortable manner. It is rather expensive, but saves you the 50 kilometers drive from Xpujil in the morning, and in the evening too... |
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Cabañas Calakmul
Cheaper and more primitive cabins than nearby Hotel Puerta Calakmul. Good recommendations. Will go there January 2020 to try myself...update to come. |
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COLIMA | ||
Hotel Marbella in Manzanillo
Nice middle priced hotel with restaurant and seafront view. |
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JALISCO | ||
Rancho Primavera
Lies south of Puerto Vallarta close to the village El Tuito. Cabins and guest houses. The guest houses are normally rented for minimum 3 nights and will have breakfast included. The 3 cabins (fully equipped houses. Really!) are rented without food service and the two larger ones only for at least two nights. The smaller one per night. |
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NAYARIT | ||
Bungalows Conny
Small hotel in San Blas north of the town square. Fair prices, nice owner (Tom) but neighbors can be a bit noisy. |
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Garza Canela
Good hotel in San Blas. Big but rather expensive. Really good restaurant, El Delfín. The standard choice of much birding tours. |
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Casa Roxanna
Bungalows in the southern part of the town center. Quiet neighborhood and modest prices. A good choice. |
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La Casa de Fortu
Bungalows and hotel rooms in the center of San Blas. |
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QUINTANA ROO | ||
Hotel Turquesa Maya
Probably the best hotel in town with middle low prices. Is located nicely away from the town center, thus more quiet in the night. Breakfast included normally, if you have time to wait for it before heading to Vigía chico road... |
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Hotel Pal Cozumel
Simple hotel close to the main square. Reasonably priced and reasonably quiet considering location. No elevator. Barn Owl in water tower on the other side of the street. |
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SINALOA | ||
Hotel Río Vista, El Fuerte
Birder friendly hotel with a spectacular view toward the river and good birding right from the terrace in the morning. One of the owners is working as a bird guide as well, arranging trips to the river and surrounding areas. |
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Hotel Posada del Hidalgo, El Fuerte
More expensive than hotel Río Vista and without the river view. But they have many hummingbirds visiting their feeders. It is posible to go there to have breakfast and photograf these charming angle birds. |
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Tufte Jay reserve
No website. Cabins in the middle of the reserve. Different sizes (pt. 4-bed cabin 1300 Pesos/night, 2-bed cabin 900 pesos/night). Limited access to electricity for charging devices, but good mobile signal in open areas. Hot water for shower, but no refrigerator. Close to village El Palmito, where you find a very limited selection of eating places. So it will be nothing fancy, but you won't starve to death. Contact Santos (Spanish only): +52 669 218 35 67 (casa) or 694 116 19 89 (mobile). He works as guide as well, if you would like to hire him. Can be an advantage the first time you're there. Is paid separately. |
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VERACRUZ | ||
La Mancha, Veracruz - ecoturism
Ecological camp with activities like bicycling, kayaking, mangrove trips and swimming. Beautiful lushful surroundings. Worth it both for the common tourist and the serious birder. |
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YUCATÁN | ||
Hotel San Felipe de Jesús
No website. Good little hotel in San Felipe. Rooms 8, 9 and 10 with topfloor balcony and view of the ocean. No web site but contact here: hotelsf@hotmail.com or hotelsfjesus@hotmail.com. |
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Hotel Villa de Pescadores
Nice middle priced hotel lying right on the seafront. Mexican Sheartails at the feeders. |
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Hotel Punta Ponto
Simple hotel on the water front. Few rooms it appears, and you have to pay with cash. A basic breakfast is included. Mexican Sheartails at the hummingbird feeders, and they can provide a boat to do the ría (estuary). 1500 pesos, January 2020, for a birding boat trip of duration 3-4 hours. |
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BUTTERFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES | ||
DANMARK | ||
Lars Andersen
Information about Danish butterflies. |
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Danske Guldsmede v/Lars Johansen
Information about Danish dragonflies and damselflies. |
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Lepidoptera.dk
Website of the Danish Lepidopterological Association. Extensive source of information about the butterflies in Denmark. |
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Atlasprojektet Danmarks Guldsmede
Survey project covering Danish dragonflies and damselflies. |
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Atlasprojektet Danmarks dagsommerfugle
Survey of the butterflies of Denmark. |
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INTERNATIONAL | ||
Butterflies of America
Hugh collection of butterfly pictures from North and Central America including the Caribbean. Only photos but very competent. |
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Butterflies and moths of NA
Big collection of pictures of butterflies and moths from Canada, USA and Mexico. Inclusive text, maps and more. |
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North American Butterfly Association
Association covering the public interest in butterflies in Canada, USA and Mexico. |
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Dragonflies by Antoine van der Heijden
About the dragonflies and damselflies of Europe. |
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Dragonflypix.com
Well-organized and systematic site mostly about European and Australian dragonflies. Many photos. Fons Peels is the man behind, though it doesn't say on the website. |
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ENVIRONMENT | ||
MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Save the parrots of Mexico!
The parrots of Mexico are threatened by illegal trade. DON'T BUY THEM! |
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Save Isla Holbox
Save one of the last unspoiled natural areas on the Mexican Caribbean coast. |
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FESTIVALS | ||
MEXICO | ||
BAJA CALIFORNIA | ||
San Quintín Bay Bird Festival
Autumn festival focusing on both fauna and flora of the peninsula with conservation and education as the main goal. |
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GUANAJUATO | ||
International Hummingbird Festival
First year 2013. Held in August in San Miguel de Allende. Workshops, trips and talks. Entrance fee. Link update in 2019: Site downgraded to a simple facebook profile, as have the activities it seems. |
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JALISCO | ||
Vallarta Bird Festival
New? bird festival with focus on birding tours in the Puerto Vallarta area. March. Coordinator Nancy C. Holland. |
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NAYARIT | ||
PAFIAM bird festival
Festival taking place in january in San Blas. Locally managed with focus on migrating birds. The activities include daily trips and various activities with special focus on children. |
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QUINTANA ROO | ||
Cozumel bird festival
Local festival taking place in November. |
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VERACRUZ | ||
Raptor Festival
Takes place in October when the big raptor migration at Cardel is culminating. Many creative activities focusing on kids. |
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YUCATÁN | ||
Toh bird festival
Festival taking place in november. Among other activities bird marathon. |
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FORA AND MAILING LISTS | ||
MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Aves de México
Bird fora with Mexican focus, various topics, but has become more and more irrelevant as facebook groups have taken over. |
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LOCALITIES | ||
MEXICO | ||
CHIAPAS | ||
El Triunfo
Ecobiósefera arranges trips to the national park El Triunfo |
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Fondo de conservación el Triunfo
Fond aiming to conserve El Triunfo |
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COLIMA | ||
El Tortugario en Cuyutlán
Link error 2020-07-30. Privat organisation with focus on protection of the local Sea Turtles. Breeding and education are fundamental activities. They also have focus on educational awareness of the birds in the area. |
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Parque Ecológico La Campana
A unique square kilometer of thorn forest right in the middle of Colima City. Because of the rich flora and avifauna local forces are working on making it a park with a conservational and educational purpose. |
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GUERRERO | ||
El refugio de Potosí
A Center for Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Education. |
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JALISCO | ||
Bosque la Primavera
Protected area west of Guadalajara City with limited access. |
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Rancho Primavera
Lies south of Puerto Vallarta close to the village El Tuito. Many endemics species on the property. Minimum stay is 3 nights. However, also access to birders who just want to go there birding. Donations appreciated. |
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Vallarta Botanical Garden
Locality south west of Puerto Vallarta. Various of the area's endemics can be seen here, and is a particular good spot to look for hummingbirds at the feeders. Good supplement to rancho Primavera in El Tuito. Entrance fee. |
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NUEVO LEÓN | ||
Parque Chipinque
Nature park near San Pedro Garza García. |
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QUERÉTARO | ||
Sierra Gorda
Highland reserve holding large biodiversity and remnants of original cloud forest. |
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SAN LUIS POTOSÍ | ||
El sótano de las golondrinas
Cellar of swallows. Natural hole with a free fall of 376 meters. Housing thousands of White-collared Swifts. Spectacular experience when they leave the hole in the morning and almost more impressive when they enter the hole in the afternoon. |
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SINALOA | ||
Paco's Reserva de Flora y Fauna
Private conservation project in low dry thorn forest in Mazatlán. Public access but perhaps only with appointment. |
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TAMAULIPAS | ||
El Cielo
Official site for the reserve. |
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VERACRUZ | ||
La Mancha, Veracruz - ecoturism
Ecological camp with activities like bicycling, kayaking, mangrove trips and swimming. Beautiful lushful surroundings. Worth it both for the common tourist and the serious birder. |
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Cafaselva
Dead link 2020-07-30. Local initiative near Xalapa, under Pronatura Veracruz, to promote conservation of natural resources and to create jobs by eco-tourism. Also raptor monitoring. |
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MAGAZINES | ||
INTERNATIONAL | ||
Cotinga and Neotropical birding
These two magazines are issued by the Neotropical bird club. Dealing with identification, logistics, observations and much more. |
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Audubon magazine
Published by the Audubon Society. High quality articles on various subjects of birding. |
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USA | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Birding
These two magazines are issued by the American Birding Association. Dealing with identification, logistics, observations and much more. Focus on North America. |
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OBSERVATIONS | ||
MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
aVerAves
e-bird for Mexico. Bird observations from the whole country. |
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VERACRUZ | ||
River of Raptors
Counts of the raptor migration in Veracruz. |
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ORGANISATIONS | ||
CANADA | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Bird Studies Canada
One of the two Birdlife-partners in Canada. |
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Nature Canada
The other of the two Birdlife-partners in Canada. |
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INTERNATIONAL | ||
Birdlife International
The most important ngo organization dealing with protection of the worlds avifauna. |
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The Neotropical Bird Club
Leader in compiling and presenting new information covering the area from Mexico to the southernmost South America. |
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The American bird conservancy
Working for conservation on both American continents. |
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Partners in flight
Focus on prevention and conservation of terrestrial bird species through out both American continents. |
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Defenders of Wildlife
Species and habitat protection. |
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MEXICO | ||
AGUASCALIENTES | ||
AvesEcoAgs
Bird trips for beginners around the the city of Aguascalientes. |
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ALL STATES | ||
Pronatura Mexico
Birdlife partner in Mexico. Focus on general conservation of natural ressources. |
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CIPAMEX
General protection of birds in Mexico. Often in cooperation with american organisations and with focus on guidelines from Birdlife International. |
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Ducks Unlimited - Mexico
Private organisation working to protect wetlands and aquatic birds in Mexico. |
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Bird clubs in Mexico
A list of private bird clubs in all of Mexico prepared and maintained by CONABIO. USE THIS LIST TO FIND LOCAL MEXICAN CLUBS. |
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BAJA CALIFORNIA | ||
Pronatura Northwest
Pronatura partner in northwestern part of country. Focus primarily on conservation. |
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CHIAPAS | ||
Pronatura Sur
Pronatura partner in Chiapas. Focus primarily on conservation and sustainable development. |
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Ecobiósfera
Local organisation focusing on ecotourism and sustainable development in local communities such as El Triunfo. |
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GUANAJUATO | ||
Audubon SMA
Local birdclub in San Miguel de Allende. Arranging local birdtrips and speaks. |
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NAYARIT | ||
Pronatura Northeast
Pronatura partner in northeastern part of country. Focus primarily on conservation. |
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QUERÉTARO | ||
Amigos de Sian Ka'an
Focus primarily on conservation and sustainability in the caribian region in cooperation with universities. |
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QUINTANA ROO | ||
Isla Holbox
Todos unidos por la isla Holbox, is a private organization working to maintain the island as an unspoiled natural area in favor of the local people and sustainable tourism. |
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VERACRUZ | ||
Pronatura Veracruz
Pronatura partner in Veracruz. Focus on conservation, education, birding tours and raptor monitoring in Cardel. |
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COAX
Dead link 2020-07-30. Bird club based in Xalapa. For everyone with an interest in wild birds. Focus on trips around the state of Veracruz but also visiting other states. |
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YUCATÁN | ||
Pronatura Yucatán
Pronatura partner in Yucatán. Focus primarily on conservation. |
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USA | ||
ALL STATES | ||
The American Ornithologists' Union
Organization of professional ornithologists in USA. |
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The Audubon Society
Birdlife partner in USA. One of the two publically oriented organisations. Conservation is among the focus points. Responsible for the yearly Christmas Bird Count. |
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The American birding association
The other of the two big publically oriented organisations. Focus on active bird watching. Among others responsible for the magazine Birding. |
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A corner stone in the American birding world. Research, education and among other programs responsible for e-bird. |
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ORNITHOLOGY IN GENERAL | ||
DANMARK | ||
Ringmærkningscentralen
To report banded birds found in Denmark. The Danish Banding Central under Copenhagen University. |
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INTERNATIONAL | ||
Neotropical birds
Initiative from Cornell lab. Covering descriptions of the species from Mexico and all the American continent south from there. |
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Beginners tips
A short introduction with links to other resources on how to get started as a birdwatcher. English. (Taylor Roberts). |
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Feather database
German. Incomplete and with emphasis on European species. |
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MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Mexican IBAs
Birdlife document treating the Mexican IBAs. 2020-07-30: Now a general entrance page where to search by country. |
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Mexican wetlands
Ducks Unlimited Mexico. Portal showing maps and information about all the Mexican wetlands. Scientific, technical level. Only in Spanish. 2020-07-30: Not updated and link not giving access. |
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USA | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Birds of North America
Complete collection of information about the species of North America. Membership required, 49 USD pr. year. 2020-07-30: This portal now includes information about all the birds in the world, though extra-American species are still only treated superficially. |
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Patuxent Banding Laboratory
If you find a banded bird, you can report it here. First of all if the bird has been banded in North America, but they can probably pass on the information if necessary. |
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Tri-national landbird status.
Partners in Flight report covering Canada, USA and Mexico. (Slow download, 13 MB) |
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AAA State of Play - Bird links for kids
A bit out of range but a compilation of links aimed at kids starting to get into the wonderful world of the Wild and Free Flying Birds. By request Steven Neale, Indiana, US. |
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PARROTS | ||
INTERNATIONAL | ||
World Parrot Trust
Global organization working for protection of wild parrots and minimization of the illegal trade. |
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MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Save the parrots of Mexico!
The parrots of Mexico are threatened by illegal trade. DON'T BUY THEM! |
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PHOTO, SOUND, VIDEO | ||
INTERNATIONAL | ||
Xeno-canto
Big collection of birdsongs from all over the world. Free access for everybody also to download files. |
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The Internet Bird Collection
Big collection. Photos, videos and sounds from all over the world. LYNX edition. |
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Vireo
Big collection. Photos from all over the world. The academy of natural science. |
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Earbirding.com
Nathan Pieplow and Andrew Spencer. Articles and sounds mostly about the birds in the Americas. |
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AVoCet - Avian Vocalizations Center
Biased toward science. Moderate collection of sounds from different continents - Pam Rasmussen. |
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Macaulay Library
The Cornell media library and now repository of media files from ebird. |
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MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Biblioteca de Sonidos
A moderate selection of bird songs. Mostly passerines. |
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YUCATÁN | ||
Dan Mennill
Small selection of birdsongs with spectrograms. |
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USA | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Naturesong
Modest collection of North American bird recordings. Also Costa Rica and more. |
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Seabirding
Many photos of species with relevance for Mexico. Brian Patterson. |
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Global Bird Photo
Moderate selection of species from USA (despite the name) with relevance for Mexico. Many nest pictures. |
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Applied Bioacustics - Arch McCallum
Articles related to North American bird sounds. Mostly Tyrant Flycatchers. |
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ||
MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
CONABIO
Responsable for surveillance of species and biodiversity as well as keeping up with international agreements. |
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CONABIO, IBA-areas
Presentation of IBA areas in Mexico. |
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SEMARNAT
Maintain protection and restauration of natural resources in a sustainable perspective. |
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CONANP
Independent organisation under SEMARNAT. Administers protected natural areas and resources in a sustainable perspective. |
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PROFEPA
Independent organisation under SEMARNAT. Responsable for control with violence of laws and rules. |
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Report corruption
Experiencing corruption and violation from police or other law inforcement personal, you can report it in full anonymity. |
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Avesmex.net - Conabio
Register of species with status for all official localities in Mexico (IBAs, Parks, states etc.). |
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TAXONOMY | ||
DENMARK | ||
Danish bird names - global list
The official list of Danish bird names. Based on Monroe and Sibley. |
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INTERNATIONAL | ||
Clements check list
Official site for updates regarding the Clements taxonomy. |
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Avibase - checklists
Listing of the different taxonomies in use today, and useful tool to compare species names between taxonomies. Also species lists for the different countries and continents. |
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IUCN Redlist
Official fauna lists with general species data and state of abundance. |
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IOC World Bird List
The International Ornithologist Union. The most popular taxonomic alternative to ebird/Clements. The most popular taxonomy in Europe. |
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NACC
The American Ornithologist Union. NACC is the committee maintaining the official list of species registered in the North American area, including handling taxonomic issues. |
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SACC
The American Ornithologist Union. SACC is the committee maintaining the official list of species registered in the South American area, and also handles taxonomic issues. Click on Proposal Roster to see earlier decisions. |
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MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Officiel species list with bird names in Spanish and English (2015)
Revised list from Dec 2015 with up-to-date species and Mexican names. De facto reference from now on. Conabio is responsible. Direct often doesn't work, http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/especies/scripts_aves/docs/checklist_aves_mexico_2015x.pdf, so download is from my site. |
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Officiel species list with bird names in Spanish and English (2017)
Revised list from 2017 with up-to-date species and Mexican names. Conabio is responsible. Direct link often doesn't work, http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/especies/scripts_aves/docs/lista_actualizada_aos_2017.pdf, so download is from my site. |
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SPAIN | ||
Official species lists with the world's bird names in Spanish (Castenallo)
Seo, Spanish Birdlife, has compiled a set of pdfs with Spanish names to all the species in the world. |
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TOURISM | ||
MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Report bad service
Experiencing problems interacting with other public authorities, you can report it here. Only in Spanish. |
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Visit Mexico
Official general site with information for tourists in Mexico. English and Spanish plus more. |
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Distance, time and gasoline consumption in Mexico
Private initiative. Calculates distances, time and gasoline consumption between to points in Mexico. |
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Find your route
SCT - The Secretary of communication and transport. Public site for calculations of distances, time, gas consumption. Especially useful because it lists the prices for passing the toll booths on the highways. Only in Spanish. |
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México Desconocido
Traveling magazine covering all of Mexico. Good source of inspiration. |
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COAHUILA | ||
Bird museum in Saltillo
Exhibitions showing the majority of the Mexican bird species. |
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TRIP REPORTS | ||
MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Surfbirds
Moderate selection. Only a few up todate. |
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Birdtours
Moderate selection. Only a few uptodate. Most from Yucatan. |
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Avibase
Big selection of links to reports from various sites. |
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WEATHER | ||
INTERNATIONAL | ||
National Hurricane Center
Information about hurricanes in both the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. In English. |
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International weather
General weather page, many languages |
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MEXICO | ||
ALL STATES | ||
Mexican meteorological service
Official Mexican weather. In Spanish. |
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Mountain Forecasts
The weather in the Mexican mountaneous region per locality. |
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National Center for Seismic acitivity (EARTHQUAKES)
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