The Neotropical Ornithological Society, or Sociedad de Ornitología Neotropical, is an

ornithological Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

organization, with its principal objective the study and conservation of

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

birds and their habitats, including both their breeding and non-breeding areas. It was founded in 1987 by Dr Mario A. Ramos Olmos, and is a member of the

Ornithological Council The Ornithological Council is an association of ornithological organisations based in the Americas involved in bird study and conservation. It was established by Richard C. Banks and incorporated in Washington, D.C. in 1992 as a nonprofit organizat ...

. The Society produces the

journal A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

''Neotropical Ornithology'', which publishes papers in Spanish, English and Portuguese. It organises the Neotropical Ornithological Congress and the Francois Vuilleumier Fund for research on Neotropical birds.

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Ornithological organizations Organizations established in 1987 {{ornithology-org-stub

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