The Ethno-ornithology World Atlas is a multilingual collection of diverse knowledge about birds
and a space for equitable collaboration between community experts, conservationists, and researchers
Explore EWA's maps of multicultural bird knowledge using the filters at right
Search
Sort
Community
- Chujunpeone Ayoreo (111) Apply Chujunpeone Ayoreo filter
- People + Birds Around the World (25) Apply People + Birds Around the World filter
- EWA Resources (18) Apply EWA Resources filter
- Cahow Community (1) Apply Cahow Community filter
- Desfayes' Thesaurus of Bird Names (1) Apply Desfayes' Thesaurus of Bird Names filter
- Druk Bja Tshering (1) Apply Druk Bja Tshering filter
- jne yabai (1) Apply jne yabai filter
Collection
- Birds That Are/Were People (38) Apply Birds That Are/Were People filter
- Birds That Tell People Things (26) Apply Birds That Tell People Things filter
- Resources for teaching and learning (14) Apply Resources for teaching and learning filter
- Resources for creating entries (9) Apply Resources for creating entries filter
- Resources about rights & responsibilities re: ecological knowledge (3) Apply Resources about rights & responsibilities re: ecological knowledge filter
- Conservation voices (2) Apply Conservation voices filter
Category
- South America (100) Apply South America filter
- What the bird eats (38) Apply What the bird eats filter
- Other (use keywords) (10) Apply Other (use keywords) filter
- Global (6) Apply Global filter
- Europe (4) Apply Europe filter
- North America (4) Apply North America filter
- Africa (3) Apply Africa filter
- Culture (2) Apply Culture filter
- Educational materials (2) Apply Educational materials filter
- Oceania (2) Apply Oceania filter
- Asia (1) Apply Asia filter
- Bibliographic reference (1) Apply Bibliographic reference filter
- Biology / ecology (1) Apply Biology / ecology filter
- Meso-america (1) Apply Meso-america filter
- Southeast Asia (1) Apply Southeast Asia filter
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, NamesSummary
Este pájaro indica dónde puede haber mielDigital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Educational materials, Europe, Biology / ecology, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Observed changes, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Personal narratives, Names, HistoricalSummary
Twenty-four bird species that have become rare or extinct in the last 100 years, most in the last 40 years.Animals:
Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale), Caprimulgus europaeus (European Nightjar), Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh Warbler), Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-dove), Poecile montanus (Willow Tit), Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit), Dryobates minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck), Lullula arborea (Woodlark), Crex crex (Corncrake), Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Wood Warbler), Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting), Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer), Emberiza cirlus (Cirl Bunting), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Common Redstart), Coturnix coturnix (Common Quail), Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge), Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow), Motacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail), Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike), Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher), Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Hawfinch), Burhinus oedicnemus (Eurasian Thick-knee), Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Personhood, Names, Commensals/ petsDigital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Africa, Conservation, Stewardship, Oral historiesSummary
on 14 Dec 2012, Stephen Awoyemi, a conservationist who had mostly worked online was taken bird ringing for the first time. Here he talks about this and his work.
Digital Heritage
Community
EWA ResourcesCategory
North America, Other (use keywords), Visual/ material/ movement arts, HistoricalSummary
Follow this link to find bird pictures from John J. Audubon’s Birds of America collection.
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Ancestors/ death
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Personhood, Names
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
Digital Heritage
Community
EWA ResourcesCategory
Other (use keywords), Visual/ material/ movement arts, HistoricalSummary
Follow this link for bird paintings by Edward Lear.
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Africa, Threats, Stewardship, Stories, Symbolisms, Personal narratives, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengersSummary
Links to an article from Lusaka Voice
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
Digital Heritage
Community
Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Preferred habitats, Personhood, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Literal translations/ etymologiesSummary
Información sobre el aané, sus avisos y la historia de su nombre "científica"Animals:
Crotophaga ani (Smooth-billed Ani)
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World, Druk Bja TsheringCategory
Culture, Sacred/ divine/ spirit world, Material culture, Ceremonial/ ritualSummary
This festival is hosted in November and welcomes the widely referenced heavenly and sacred species into the Kingdom
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Bibliographic reference, South America, Southeast Asia, Oceania, North America, Meso-america, Global, Europe, Asia, Africa, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Stewardship, Bird song & calls, Behavioural observations, Phenology/ seasonality, Relations w/ other life & landscape, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengersSummary
Online supplemental materials for the article Wyndham and Park 2018, published by the Journal of EthnobiologyDigital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the World, Cahow CommunityCategory
Oceania, Eggs & nests, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Success stories, Stewardship, Lessons learned, Crucial habitat threats/ needs, Stories, Proper conduct, Personal narratives, Oral histories, HistoricalSummary
As a schoolboy on Bermuda in 1951 David Wingate was invited on an ornithological expedition. In these recordings he describes how they rediscovered the Cahow, or Bermuda Petrel, previously thought extinct for 300 years.Animals:
Pterodroma cahow (Bermuda Petrel)
Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Conservation, Stewardship, Political/ rights & responsibilitiesSummary
A list of resources related to land rights, (counter)mapping Indigenous territories, and related things
