Basic Ornithology: Avian Diversity and Classification

Discover how important avian taxonomy is to ornithological research and the potential pitfalls in the misclassification of birds.

Talk by Anand Krishnan.

This is one of a series of videos of the course "Basic Ornithology: Research and Conservation" conducted in December 2019 at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati.

View the full playlist here: Basic Ornithology: Research and Conse...

The website for the course is here: https://www.ornithology.in/

The reading material for the course is here: https://www.ornithology.in/readings/

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Illustration on title slide based on a photograph from Our Planet - pale blue dot.
https://ourplnt.com/largest-birds/#ax...

Illustration on title slide based on a photograph from Oceanwide Expeditions.
https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/