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Anagram creator Creates up to 100 anagrams based on the word you enter.
Blurs Photographic illusions to re-awaken your senses.
Book Reviews Book reviews relevant to birding in Mexico.
Crazy in the world Commercial fly-swatting as a naïve intend to free us from the obvious and unsubtle brain control imposed by a lower lifeform in the human realm.
From the Heart Poetry mostly in Danish.
GPS link generator Creates a quick and simple link for use in mails or the like.
Kommunekort Distribution of all the 98 Danish municipalities.
Mexican ebird updates 2016-2024 (pdf-download) A yearly compilation of changes to the ebird/Clements taxonomy relevant to Mexico. Latest November 2022.
Private That which is not public.
Quiz Admin Quiz administration!
Quiz time Quiz yourself to a richer world!
Rancho Primavera Bird List An attempt to what the bird list for Rancho Primavera in El Tuito, south of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco could look like. In present state it reflects the status per 2019, but the work was never approved or commented by the owner, and is therefore not continued or updated.
Reports My own bird reports.
Spontaneous Freezing the moments of uncontrollable imagination and emotion as the days go by.
ACCOMMODATION
MEXICO
CAMPECHE
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.
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.
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...
JALISCO
Rancho Primavera Website appears dead, Sep 2024. 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.
NAYARIT
Casa Roxanna Bungalows in the southern part of the town center. Quiet neighborhood and modest prices. A good choice.
Garza Canela Good hotel in San Blas. Big but rather expensive. Really good restaurant, El Delfín. The standard choice of much birding tours.
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...
SINALOA
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.
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. OBS: No website any longer. You will have to find them elsewhere, like FB or reservation sites.
Tufted 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.
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.
YUCATÁN
Hotel Punta Ponto No website anymore. 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.
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.
Hotel Villa de Pescadores Nice middle priced hotel lying right on the seafront. Mexican Sheartails at the feeders.
AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
AmphibiaWeb Global knowledge-base with accounts for almost 9000 amphibian species. Description, map and sound recordings.
DENMARK
Atlasprojektet Danmarks Padder og Krybdyr 2015-21 Atlas project covering the amphibians and reptiles in Denmark.
EUROPE
Amphibienschutz List of illustrations and calls of 14 common European frog and toad species.
BANDING
DENMARK
Ringmærkningscentralen To report banded birds found in Denmark. The Danish Banding Central under Copenhagen University.
EUROPE
CR-BIRDING.ORG - SUBMIT DATA Use this page to enter your European banding observations, and get an instant reply about your bird if it is in system.
EURING Coordinating bird ringing throughout Europe. You can report a find here too.
www.geese.org Resource about banded geese. Mostly from a European perspective. Can be used to report your own findings. (OBS, doesn't look active anymore. Last news is from 2021).
NORWAY
Norsk Ringmerkningssentral Report birds banded in or found in Norway.
POLAND
Ornithological Banding Central of Poland To report banded birds from Poland, you can use this formular. Also in English.
USA
ALL STATES
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.
BUTTERFLIES
AMERICA
Butterflies and moths of NA Big collection of pictures of butterflies and moths from Canada, USA and Mexico. Inclusive text, maps and more.
Butterflies of America Hugh collection of butterfly pictures from North and Central America including the Caribbean. Only photos but very competent.
North American Butterfly Association Association covering the public interest in butterflies in Canada, USA and Mexico.
DENMARK
Atlasprojektet Danmarks dagsommerfugle Survey of the butterflies of Denmark.
Danske-natur.dk CLAUSURADO Daytime butterflies. Danish species primarily but Nordic and some rarer European species treated also. The site is a navigational nightmare, but the content useful and run by someone who used to be a top capacity on the subject in Denmark. Unfortunately this person was rude to me the other day, why I've decided not to favor him with a link anymore. If you really need to find the resource, I'm sure you know how to.
Lepidoptera.dk Website of the Danish Lepidopterological Association. Extensive source of information about the butterflies in Denmark.
EUROPE
Butterflies of the Palearctic region (Heiner Ziegler) Swiss private site with photos and general species information including identification tips. Also flora and other fauna of the region.
Butterfly conservation Europe Butterfly Conservation Europe is a partnership organisation focused on halting and reversing the decline of butterflies, moths and their habitats throughout Europe.
European Butterflies and Moths (UFZ) UFZ - Helmholtz. Center for Invironmental Research. A german site with distribution maps of the European species.
Lepiforum e.V. In German, a thorough resource to photo identification of European daytime butterflies and moths.
FINLAND
www.nic.funet.fi "This "project" has started as my desire to scan images of Finnish lepidoptera and make them available on the web. The original idea has evolved and is still evolving into different directions. From the lepidoptera I am expanding to other life forms, however the lepidoptera contains the most information. Other sections are mostly species lists." Contains subspecies to many butterflies, though not often not including some that other resources mention. In general the concept of subspecies, forms aberrations, variations etc. seems to be less well-defined than in the birding world...
GERMANY
Lepidoptera and their ecology - Wolfgang Wagner Focus on German species, and mostly larvae and species habitats. Photos of all stages but site doesn't handle identification issues. In English or German but only scientific names are used.
INTERNATIONAL
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index Resource from The Natural History Museum listing all taxa of Lipidoptera.
NETHERLANDS
De Vlinderstichting Dutch portal about butterflies and dragonflies. Conservation, monitoring and short species accounts.
SPAIN
Associación ZERYNTHIA Spanish NGO working for the study and protection of butterflies in Spain. Also maintains what appears to be the official species list of the country. "ZERYNTHIA es una asociación de ámbito estatal, sin ánimo de lucro, que se encarga del estudio, divulgación y conservación de las mariposas y los lugares donde habitan. Es además la entidad representante en España de la federación europea Butterfly Conservation Europe."
SWEDEN
Eriks Fjärilspodd Podcast in Swedish about Swedish butterflies, the people and their environment.
Lepidoptera.se - Magnus Unger Private site showing photos, host plants and flying periods for many of the Swedish species - both butterflies and moths. Also a competent list of host plants.
Svensk Dagfjärilövervakning The Swedish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is a new national monitoring programme coordinated by Lund University for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The programme was initiated in 2010, and is a partnership between the Entomological Society of Sweden, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Swedish County Administration Boards.
Sveriges Entomologiska Förening The official Swedish organization covering entomology. Acting as an umbrella organization for 11 different niche organizations. Publishing the journals Entomologisk Tidskrift and Yrfän.
UNITED KINGDOM
British Butterfly Aberrations "Our aim is to provide an up-to-date reference resource to enable the professional and amateur entomologist to identify the extensive variety of BRITISH BUTTERFLY FORMS and ABERRATIONS that have occurred within our fauna."
British Lepidoptera (Chris Lewis) British moth. and micromoths. Systematic and thorough photo guide to dissected specimens.
Butterfly Conservation British NGO working for the benefit of the butterflies and environment on the British Isles.
Cockayne collection British and Irish butterflies and moths. Photo collection including many aberrant forms. Under the National History Museum.
UK Butterflies "Building a Community of Responsible Butterfly Enthusiasts in Britain & Ireland."
ukmoths "Welcome to UKMoths, your online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. UKMoths has been providing identification help and information about Britain's moths for over 15 years."
DRAGONFLIES
ARTICLE/PDF
Country‐level checklists and occurrences for the world's Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Author: Sandall, Pinkert & Jetz (2022)
European IUCN Redlist of Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024 (pdf) Author: De Knijf et al. (2024)
European Odonate assessment plan 2024 (pdf) Author: De Knijf et al. (2024)
New assessment finds dragonflies and damselflies in trouble worldwide Author: Spoorhty Raman, 2022-02-09
AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane insects "This page contains pictures and information about Dragonflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia." Elaborated site about dragonflies from the Brisbane area, made by the Chew family - all before 2008 I think.
CAMBODIA
Oleg Kosterin Photo gallery of Cambodian species from ?-2019.
DENMARK
Atlasprojektet Danmarks Guldsmede Survey project covering Danish dragonflies and damselflies.
Danske Guldsmede (Lars Johansen) Information about Danish dragonflies and damselflies.
Rødliste Danske Guldsmede The Danish Redlist for dragonflies. Referring to both 2010 and 2019, being the latest versions.
FRANCE
Mes Libellules A French personal site with good photos and information especially about French species, but also photos from several other countries on various continents.
GERMANY
GdO e.V. "Die Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen e.V. (GdO) hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, der Förderung des Wissens über Libellen und dem Schutz heimischer Libellen zu dienen. Sie will die Kontakte und den Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Libellenkundlern ermöglichen und intensivieren. etc."
INDIA
Odonata of India "Welcome to the Odonata of India website, a peer-reviewed, internet-based and open resource on Indian Odonata". Photos, distribution and ecology. In progress.
INTERNATIONAL
Cannibalism among odonates A project page under iNaturalist to discuss and register observations of cannibalism among odonates.
Dijkstra website The personal dragonfly website of the Dutch dragonfly expert. It doesn't give much information in terms of the single species, but it is always interesting to follow a capacity and get a sense of in which directions science is moving.
Dragonflies by Antoine van der Heijden About the dragonflies and damselflies of Europe.
Dragonflies by Erland Refling Nielsen Many high quality photos of many species worldwide.
Dragonfly Society of the Americas "THE DRAGONFLY SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAS (DSA) ADVANCES THE DISCOVERY, CONSERVATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF ODONATA THROUGH OBSERVATION, COLLECTION, RESEARCH, PUBLICATION AND EDUCATION."
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.
International Dragonfly Fund (IDF) "Prime purpose of the IDF is the direct promotion of dragonfly research and dragonfly protection. In order to achieve these goals, the IDF promotes research activities in theoretical and applied areas, provided they are of outstanding importance for odonatology and measures concerning biotope and species protection." Presents a good list of free pdf files addressing new area species and other field related information.
ODONATOLOGICA "Journal published for the International Odonatological Foundation, Societas Internationalis Odonatologica (S.I.O.)."
World Odonata List Maintained by Puget Sound Museum of Natural History as the official taxonomic list of the worlds dragonflies and damselflies.
Worldwide Dragonfly Association "The Worldwide Dragonfly Association (WDA) is an international organization dedicated to research, conservation and public awareness of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata), an ancient and beautiful order of insects with amazing behavior."
ITALIA
Odonata.it "Società Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione delle Libellule ODV" Italian Society for Dragonfly Studies.
MALAYSIA
Chee Yen Choong Photo gallery of Malaysian species from 2022-2024.
MEXICO
JALISCO
Odonata of Jalisco (Kathy Biggs) A compilation of species recorded by the author in Jalisco. With short id explanations. Material based on iNaturalist. Both in English and Spanish.
NETHERLANDS
Brachytron The Ducth Society for Dragonfly Studies.
De Vlinderstichting Dutch portal about butterflies and dragonflies. Conservation, monitoring and short species accounts.
Dutch Dragonflies (René Manger) Good photos and videos of the Dutch dragonflies. Also many interesting articles by the author on the subject. “From my early childhood I am interested in nature. As a teenager I started to photograph subjects in nature. At first I started photographing birds, later mainly insects. In recent years I have started filming more and more”
POLAND
Odonatatrix A solid resource to the Polish species with photos, distribution and links to relevant Polish literature. All in Polish.
WAZKI nasza pasja Translated: "This is a new version of the Vedi.manifo.com website, existing since 2012 under a changed title. This is a continuation of the presentation of photos and observations from our observations of dragonflies. The website is run by: Elżbieta and Krzysztof Lewandowski"
RUSSIA
Oleg Kosterin Photo gallery of Russian and Kazakh species from ?-2020.
SINGAPORE
Anthony Quek Photo gallery of Singaporean species from 2009-2015.
Leonard Tan Photo gallery of Singaporean species from 2013-2020.
SOUTH AFRICA
Dragonflies and Damselflies (JP Labuschagne) South African resource showing many good photos [all small-sized] and identification clues in text. But the overall user experience is poor. Confusing content and slow-responsive with old-fashioned menus.
Warwick & Michèle Tarboton Private but up-to-date quality site on the dragonflies of South Africa. Includes lists and photos. Also the authors of the field guide: "Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa".
www.dragonflies-id.co.za (John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson) "A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa"
SPAIN
Common name suggestions for the Spanish dragonflies "Nombres vernáculos (= comunes) de las libélulas en castellano."
Gomera Vive! A short educational intro to the dragonflies, presenting all the species found in the Canaries.
Libélulas de Andalucía "Somos una empresa dedicada al ecoturismo, al turismo de naturaleza, al turismo slow, al senderismo no deportivo y a la interpretación medioambiental".
SWEDEN
Trollsländeforeningen Private organization with focus on Swedish dragonflies and damselflies - conservation, education.
TURKEY
The Dragonflies of the Eastern Mediterranean (Antoine van der Heijden, Marcel Wasscher, Vincent Kalkman, Gert-Jan van Pelt) But mainly about Turkey. Billboard-like information about special conditions and observations made in the region. Project stopped in 2009.
UNITED KINGDOM
British Dragonflies The British Dragonfly Society. NGO working to promote, study and conserve the dragonflies of Britain. Published the excellent Europe's Dragonflies in 2020 in the series WildGuides.
USA
Dragonfly photos by Strickland Close-up photos of many N American species. Good details of appendages in particular. But without any texts whatsoever the value of this site is limited to work as a reference when you are already on to something. Last updated in 2007.
Odonata Central Citizen Science. Maintaining the World Odonata List, with the in intention to be the official taxonomy used in the global community. Also including a public database holding observations mainly from N America, but with a worldwide scope.
ARIZONA
Arizona Dragonflies (Pierre Deviche) Species accounts with photos, distribution maps and id pointers of the species seen in Arizona. Many photos from further south in the Americas, though.
DELAWARE
Delmarva Dragonflies and Damselflies (Michael C. Moore) Site with photos of the species found on the peninsula and good locality descriptions as well. High quality stuff and the author seems like a nice knowledgeable guy you would like to go oding with!
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Odonata Survey Species list, photos and phenology of the species seen in the state.
VIETNAM
Sébastien Delonglée Photo gallery of Vietnamese species from 2011-2016. Doesn't seem to work on android phone.
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.
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.
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.
YUCATÁN
Toh bird festival Festival taking place in november. Among other activities bird marathon.
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.
INSECTS
DENMARK
Danmarks Blomstertæger (Lars Skipper) Professional and very thorough work including all the Danish Mirid Bugs (Miridae).
Dansk Entomologisk Forening The Danish Entomological Society under the university of Copenhagen.
ENGLAND
Steven Falk British artist, naturalist and photographer with focus on many live forms but added here for his expertice on bees, hover flies and similar creatures. Check out his flickr account with spectacular photos here (Also British dragonflies).
INTERNATIONAL
Insectidentification.org An identification guide to find all insect types in N America (Canada, USA and Mexico) by location or appearance.
The Insect Collector's Forum Not that I approve of the collecting mentality, but adding this site as there are some competent comments on especially butterflies.
LATVIA
The Latvian Entomological Society. "The Entomological Society of Latvia (LEB in official abbreviature) unites entomologists, arachnologists and other invertebratologists from Latvian and the World since 1951. LEB is a discussion club for scientists and applied biologists, nature managers. It publishes scientific journals, first of all "Latvijas Entomologs", and distributes knowledge to wide society through mass media. Our members are active in science, nature conservation and are open to everybody. Welcome to the fascinating world of insects!"
NORWAY
Norsk Entomologisk Forening The Norwegian Entomological Society. "Norsk entomologisk forening har i dag ca. 700 medlemmer spredt over hele landet. Våre medlemmer omfatter både profesjonelle entomologer og amatører. NEF er underordnet SABIMA (Samarbeidsrådet for biologisk mangfold), som er en paraplyorganisasjon for de biologiske foreningene i Norge."
USA
Bug Guide USA and Canada. A user-driven photo site to exchange knowledge about insects and spiders.
Exotic Bee Id USA site to identify exotic/invasive species in the family Megachilidae. High-quality text and photos.
LITERATURE
INTERNATIONAL
The Biodiversity Heritage Library "The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community." "The BHL portal provides free access to hundreds of thousands of volumes, comprising over 60 million pages, from the 15th-21st centuries."
LOCALITIES
MEXICO
CHIAPAS
El Triunfo Ecobiósefera arranges trips to the national park El Triunfo
Fondo de conservación el Triunfo Fond aiming to conserve El Triunfo
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.
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.
GUERRERO
El refugio de Potosí A Center for Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Education.
JALISCO
Bosque la Primavera Protected area west of Guadalajara City with limited access.
Rancho Primavera Website appears dead, Sep 2024. 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.
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.
NUEVO LEÓN
Parque Chipinque Nature park near San Pedro Garza García.
QUERÉTARO
Sierra Gorda Highland reserve holding large biodiversity and remnants of original cloud forest.
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.
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.
TAMAULIPAS
El Cielo Official site for the reserve.
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.
MAGAZINES
INTERNATIONAL
Audubon magazine Published by the Audubon Society. High quality articles on various subjects of birding.
Cotinga and Neotropical birding These two magazines are issued by the Neotropical bird club. Dealing with identification, logistics, observations and much more.
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.
OBSERVATIONS
DENMARK
arter.dk Another effort to make a national portal to harbor all observations of flora and fauna in Denmark. I'm not sure why, but probably because of egos and conflicts with the owners of naturbasen.dk which used to be the main nature portal at a national level. It's new, 2022, and time will tell whether it will really take over from naturbasen or not. People still use naturbasen at a large scale, but since they obviously have problems maintaining the technology, it is probably a question of time before arter.dk will be the new central to use.
dofbasen.dk Public resource run by Birdlife Denmark (DOF - Dansk Ornitologisk Forening). The de facto place where people enter observations of birds in Denmark. Everyone can get an account and it is free.
naturbasen.dk Public, and semi-official, portal where to report observations of flora and fauna in Denmark. This is the portal that people de facto use for all categories except for birds (here dofbasen.dk is the best resource). Supports photos but no other media types. Everyone can get an account and it is free. However, the functionality of the website is very basic, and not really up-to-date with simple user requirements such as being able to search through data, except for 'scrolling' per day until you get reach your target. And it is very slow. Often requests get lost and you have to start over by making a refresh, F5.
FINLAND
Laji.fi The Finnish tool for observations of all species types. Both in Finnish and English.
INTERNATIONAL
iNaturalist Global observation community with focus on photos and a democratic! identification process at its core.
Map of Life (Yale University) "Map of Life aims to support effective and global biodiversity education, monitoring, research, and decision-making by assembling and integrating a wide range of knowledge about species distributions and their dynamics over time."
Observations.org Global observation platform (mostly Europe with Dutch origin) of all types of flora and fauna. I use it mainly for dragonflies and butterflies.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
aVerAves e-bird for Mexico. Bird observations from the whole country.
Naturalista Like iNaturalist where you can add photos and observations (and be ranked and all that jazz...). Useful to find species and distribution.
VERACRUZ
River of Raptors Counts of the raptor migration in Veracruz.
NORWAY
artsobservasjoner.no The main Norwegian portal to all observations of flora and fauna in Norway.
SWEDEN
artportalen.se The main Swedish portal to all observations of flora and fauna in Sweden.
USA
Odonata Central Dragonflies. Citizen Science. Observations mainly from N America, but adding data from all over the world is possible.
ORGANISATIONS
CANADA
ALL STATES
Bird Studies Canada One of the two Birdlife-partners in Canada.
Nature Canada The other of the two Birdlife-partners in Canada.
INTERNATIONAL
Birdlife International The most important ngo organization dealing with protection of the worlds avifauna.
Defenders of Wildlife Species and habitat protection.
Partners in flight Focus on prevention and conservation of terrestrial bird species through out both American continents.
The American bird conservancy Working for conservation on both American continents.
The Neotropical Bird Club Leader in compiling and presenting new information covering the area from Mexico to the southernmost South America.
MEXICO
AGUASCALIENTES
AvesEcoAgs Bird trips for beginners around the the city of Aguascalientes.
ALL STATES
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.
Pronatura Mexico Birdlife partner in Mexico. Focus on general conservation of natural ressources.
BAJA CALIFORNIA
Pronatura Northwest Pronatura partner in northwestern part of country. Focus primarily on conservation.
CHIAPAS
Ecobiósfera Local organisation focusing on ecotourism and sustainable development in local communities such as El Triunfo.
Pronatura Sur Pronatura partner in Chiapas. Focus primarily on conservation and sustainable development.
GUANAJUATO
Audubon SMA Local birdclub in San Miguel de Allende. Arranging local birdtrips and speaks.
NAYARIT
Pronatura Northeast Pronatura partner in northeastern part of country. Focus primarily on conservation.
QUERÉTARO
Amigos de Sian Ka'an Focus primarily on conservation and sustainability in the caribian region in cooperation with universities.
VERACRUZ
Pronatura Veracruz Pronatura partner in Veracruz. Focus on conservation, education, birding tours and raptor monitoring in Cardel.
YUCATÁN
Pronatura Yucatán Pronatura partner in Yucatán. Focus primarily on conservation.
NORTH AMERICA
Ducks Unlimited Private organisation working to protect wetlands and aquatic birds in North America, Canada, USA and Mexico.
USA
ALL STATES
Cornell Lab of Ornithology A corner stone in the American birding world. Research, education and among other programs responsible for e-bird.
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.
The American Ornithologists' Union Organization of professional ornithologists in USA.
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.
ORNITHOLOGY IN GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL
Feather database German. Incomplete and with emphasis on European species.
Neotropical birds Initiative from Cornell lab. Covering descriptions of the species from Mexico and all the American continent south from there.
Wing and tail image collection Slater Museum of Natural History. North American species.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Mexican IBAs Birdlife document treating the Mexican IBAs. 2020-07-30: Now a general entrance page where to search by country.
USA
ALL STATES
Birds of The World by Cornell Lab Complete collection of information about the species of the world. Membership required, 49 USD pr. year. 2020-07-30: Used to be birds of North American only by the global ambition is a fact, though extra-American species are still only treated superficially.
PARROTS
INTERNATIONAL
World Parrot Trust Global organization working for protection of wild parrots and minimization of the illegal trade.
PHOTO, SOUND, VIDEO
INTERNATIONAL
AmphibiaWeb "Connecting people around the world by synthesizing and sharing information about amphibians to enable research, education, and conservation". Including sound recordings.
Earbirding.com Nathan Pieplow and Andrew Spencer. Articles and sounds mostly about the birds in the Americas.
Fonoteca Zoológica "La Fonoteca Zoológica es una colección científica de sonidos animales, que fue creada en 2002 por el Dr. Rafael Márquez, Investigador del CSIC para servir como ayuda en el estudio de la comunicación acústica de los animales". Sound recording of various groups of animals. In English and Spanish.
Macaulay Library The Cornell media library and now repository of media files from ebird.
The Internet Bird Collection Big collection. Photos, videos and sounds from all over the world. LYNX edition.
Vireo Big collection. Photos from all over the world. The academy of natural science.
Xeno-canto Big collection of birdsongs from all over the world. Free access for everybody also to download files.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Biblioteca de Sonidos A moderate selection of bird songs. Mostly passerines.
YUCATÁN
Dan Mennill Small selection of birdsongs with spectrograms.
USA
ALL STATES
Applied Bioacustics - Arch McCallum Articles related to North American bird sounds. Mostly Tyrant Flycatchers.
Seabirding Many photos of species with relevance to Mexico. Brian Patterson.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MEXICO)
MEXICO
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Avesmex.net - Conabio Register of species with status for all official localities in Mexico (IBAs, Parks, states etc.).
CONABIO Responsable for surveillance of species and biodiversity as well as keeping up with international agreements.
CONABIO, IBA-areas Presentation of IBA areas in Mexico.
CONANP Independent organisation under SEMARNAT. Administers protected natural areas and resources in a sustainable perspective.
PROFEPA Independent organisation under SEMARNAT. Responsable for control with violence of laws and rules.
Report corruption Experiencing corruption and violation from police or other law inforcement personal, you can report it in full anonymity.
SEMARNAT Maintain protection and restauration of natural resources in a sustainable perspective.
TAXONOMY
DENMARK
Danish bird names - global list The official list of Danish bird names. Based on IOC. Also includes English and German names.
INTERNATIONAL
Avibase - checklists Listing of the different BIRD taxonomies in use today, and useful tool to compare species names between taxonomies. Also species lists for the different countries and continents.
Catalogue of Life "The Catalogue of Life is an assembly of expert-based global species checklists with the aim to build a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth. Continuous progress is made towards completion, but for now, it probably includes just over 80% of the world's known species. The Catalogue of Life estimates 2.3M extant species on the planet recognised by taxonomists at present time. This means that for many groups it continues to be deficient, and users may notice that many species are still missing from the Catalogue."
Clements check list Official site for updates regarding the Clements taxonomy.
ICZN - International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature "The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) acts as adviser and arbiter for the zoological community by generating and disseminating information on the correct use of the scientific names of animals. The ICZN is responsible for producing the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - a set of rules for the naming of animals and the resolution of nomenclatural problems."
IOC World Bird List The International Ornithologist Union. The most popular taxonomic alternative to ebird/Clements. The most popular taxonomy in Europe.
IUCN Redlist Official fauna lists with general species data and state of abundance.
Mammal species of the World "Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition (MSW3) is a database of mammalian taxonomy. It is hoped that this database on the World Wide Web can be used as a convenient on-line reference for identifying or verifying recognized scientific names and for taxonomic research. The names are organized in a hierarchy that includes Order, Suborder, Family, Subfamily, Genus, Species and Subspecies."
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.
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.
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.
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.
SPAIN
Official species lists with the world's bird names in Spanish (Castellano) Seo, Spanish Birdlife, has compiled a set of pdfs with Spanish names to all the species in the world.
TOOLS
Angle measurement A tool to calculate angles in photos.
TOURISM
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Distance, time and gasoline consumption in Mexico Private initiative. Calculates distances, time and gasoline consumption between to points in Mexico.
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.
México Desconocido Traveling magazine covering all of Mexico. Good source of inspiration.
Report bad service Experiencing problems interacting with other public authorities, you can report it here. Only in Spanish.
Visit Mexico Official general site with information for tourists in Mexico. English and Spanish plus more.
COAHUILA
Bird museum in Saltillo Exhibitions showing the majority of the Mexican bird species.
SPAIN
Libélulas de Andalucía "Somos una empresa dedicada al ecoturismo, al turismo de naturaleza, al turismo slow, al senderismo no deportivo y a la interpretación medioambiental".
TRIP REPORTS
MEXICO
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Avibase Big selection of links to reports from various sites.
Birdtours Moderate selection. Only a few uptodate. Most from Yucatan.
WEATHER
DENMARK
DMI - Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut Official Danish Weather Forecasts.
INTERNATIONAL
International weather General weather page, many languages
National Hurricane Center Information about hurricanes in both the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. In English.
MEXICO
ALL STATES
Mexican meteorological service Official Mexican weather. In Spanish.
Mountain Forecasts The weather in the Mexican mountaneous region per locality.
National Center for Seismic acitivity (EARTHQUAKES)
SWEDEN
SMHI - Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut Official Swedish Weather Forecasts.

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