The following is a list of regional ornithological societies.

Africa

Asia

;India *

Bombay Natural History Society The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research. It supports many research efforts through grants and publ ...

(BNHS): Located at

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

(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 The German Ornithologists' Society (since 2024 , until then ) was founded in 1850, and is one of the world's oldest existing scientific societies. Its goal is to support and further scientific ornithology in Germany Germany, officially the F ...

;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 The British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) aims to encourage the study of birds (ornithology) around the world in order to understand their biology and aid their conservation. The BOU was founded in 1858 by Professor Alfred Newton, Henry Baker ...

(BOU) *

British Trust for Ornithology The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The William, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales has been patron since October 2020. History Beginning In 1931 Max Nicholson ...

(BTO) * British Birds Rarities Committee *

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a Charitable_organization#United_Kingdom, charitable organisation registered in Charity Commission for England and Wales, England and Wales and in Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, ...

(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 The American Birding Association (ABA) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1969, dedicated to recreational birdwatching, birding in Canada and the United States. It has been called "the standard-bearer for serious birding in North America." ...

* 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 The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such orga ...

* 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 The Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ), also known as Birds New Zealand, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the study of birds and their habitats in the New Zealand region. Founded in 1940, it caters to a wide variety of people ...

* Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand

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