If you’re interested in a specific group or species, or if you’re trying to find something you saw before, this index is a good starting point. In the first column the birds are organised in families, following the order of the IOC list (version 5.1; see worldbirdnames.org). This order differs somewhat from the traditional order as represented in most field guides, but it is a far better representation of the true evolutionary relationships of birds. In just one example, falcons (Falconidae) are no longer with other raptors (Accipitridae), but are instead placed nearer to the more closely related parrots (Psittacidae). The historical warbler (Sylviidae) and babbler (Timaliidae) families are also split. If you get confused, hit Ctrl-F to search for a word, or use the middle column in which the birds are organised alphabetically, by the group name. The last column has more general topics, including biology, taxonomy and just birding-related articles. Note that this index page is just for the birds (so to speak). For other biodiversity, go here.

BIRD FAMILIES

DUCKS & GEESE (ANATIDAE)

GUINEAFOWL (NUMIDIDAE)

PENGUINS (SPHENISCIDAE)

PETRELS ETC (PROCELLARIIDAE)

GREBES (PODICIPEDIDAE)

IBISES (THRESKIORNITHIDAE)

HERONS (ARDEIDAE)

CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORACIDAE)

RAPTORS (ACCIPITRIDAE)

CRAKES & ALLIES (RALLIDAE)

CRANES (GRUIDAE)

BUTTONQUAILS (TURNICIDAE)

THICK-KNEES (BURHINIDAE)

SHEATHBILLS (CHIONIDAE)

WADERS (SCOLOPACIDAE)

COURSERS & PRATINCOLES (GLAREOLIDAE)

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS (LARIDAE)

DOVES & PIGEONS (COLUMBIDAE)

CUCKOOS & COUCALS (CUCULIDAE)

OWLS (STRIGIDAE)

NIGHTJARS (CAPRIMULGIDAE)

GROUND ROLLERS (BRACHYPTERACIIDAE)

KINGFISHERS (ALCEDINIDAE)

BEE-EATERS (MEROPIDAE)

GROUND-HORNBILLS (BUCORVIDAE)

BARBETS (LYBIIDAE)

HONEYGUIDES (INDICATORIIDAE)

FALCONS & KESTRELS (FALCONIDAE)

DRONGOS (DICRURIDAE)

LARKS (ALAUDIDAE)

BULBULS (PYCNONOTIDAE)

SWALLOWS & MARTINS (HIRUNDINIDAE)

REED WARBLERS (ACROCEPHALIDAE)

MALAGASY WARBLERS (BERNIERIDAE)

CISTICOLAS & ALLIES (CISTICOLIDAE)

STARLINGS (STURNIDAE)

THRUSHES (TURDIDAE)

CHATS, ROBINS & FLYCATCHERS (MUSCICAPIDAE)

SPARROWS (PASSERIDAE)

WEAVERS, BISHOPS & ALLIES (PLOCEIDAE)

WHYDAHS & INDIGOBIRDS (VIDUIDAE)

PIPITS & WAGTAILS (MOTACILLIDAE)

FINCHES & CANARIES (FRINGILLIDAE)

ALPHABETICAL

Barbet, Green

Bee-eater, European specimen

Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed movements

Buttonquail, Black-rumped in the hand

Buttonquail, Common sketch

Buzzard, Lizard distribution

Canary, Black-throated feathers

Canary, Black-throated painting

Chat, Familiar nest

Cormorant, Bank sketch, conservation

Coucal, Burchell’s feathers

Coucal, Burchell’s sketch

Courser, Bronze-winged sketch

Courser, Burchell’s sketch

Courser, Temminck’s sketch

Crake, African feathers

Crane, Wattled sketch, conservation

Cuckoofinch, aggressive mimicry

Doves and pigeons family

Dowitcher, Asian discovery story

Drongo, Fork-tailed brood parasitism

Duck, Yellow-billed feathers

Egret heads

Eremomela, Burnt-necked juvenile plumage and vocalisations

Falcon, Amur small sketch

Falcon, Lanner prey

Falcon, Taita feathers

Finch, Cuckoo aggressive mimicry

Flycatcher, Marico juvenile

Gallinule, Allen’s juvenile

Goose, Egyptian feathers

Goshawk, Gabar melanism & predation

Grebe, Great Crested diving small sketch

Greenbul, Sombre feathers

Ground Roller, Long-tailed sketch

Guineafowl, Crested feathers

Gull, Franklin’s study

Harrier, African Marsh sketch, conservation

Heron, Goliath feathers

Heron, Grey juvenile sketch

Hobby, Eurasian life history

Honeybird, Brown-backed displays

Honeyguide, Scaly-throated picture

Hornbill, Southern Ground- sketch, conservation

Ibis, African Sacred feathers

Kingfisher, Mangrove photo

Kites (Milvus spp.) sketches

Lark, Agulhas Long-billed painting

Lark, Gray’s breeding biology

Lark, Large-billed (Lesotho) photos

Malagasy warblers (Bernieridae)

Martin, Mascarene study

Myna, Common nesting

Nightjar identification

Nightjar, European migration

Owl, Pel’s Fishing feathers

Owl, Spotted Eagle feathers

Penguin, Gentoo sketch, conservation

Penguin, King sketch, conservation

Penguin, Macaroni sketch, conservation

Petrel, White-chinned sketch, conservation

Phalarope, Wilson’s discovery story

Pipit, African Rock sketch, conservation

Pipit, Mountain distribution

Pratincole, Black-winged sketch

Quelea, Red-billed information, videos

Ruff sketch

Sandpiper, Buff-breasted story

Sandpiper, Pectoral photo

Sandpiper, Pectoral study

Sandpiper, Marsh posture

Scrub Robin, Kalahari

Sheathbill, Lesser sketch, conservation

Snipe, Great

Sparrow, Cape sketches

Sparrow, Great x Cape hybrids

Sparrowhawk, Little specimen study

Starling, Black-bellied mimicry

Swallow, Blue sketch, conservation

Tern, Whiskered juvenile

Tern, White-winged plumage

Thamnornis sketch

Thick-knee, Spotted feathers

Thrush, Spotted Ground sketch, conservation

Turnstone, Ruddy illustration

Vulture, Palmnut

Wagtail, Cape juvenile

Wagtail, Western Yellow sketches

Warbler, Great Reed sketch

Warbler, Icterine sketch

Warbler, Subdesert Brush sketch

Weaver, Southern Masked nesting

Whydah, Pin-tailed juvenile sketch

Widowbird, White-winged specimen

Wren Warbler, Barred painting

OTHER TOPICS

BIRDERS

BIRDING HISTORY

BIRDING SPOTS

BREEDING BIOLOGY

CONSERVATION

IDENTIFICATION

MIGRATION AND MOVEMENTS

MORPHOLOGY

PERSONAL

PLUMAGE

REVIEWS

TAXONOMY

TWITCHING

VOCALISATIONS