Nordic countries

A web board for Scania, southern Sweden

Fugle-Nett (A mailing list for Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
Webpage with instructions: http://www.naturnett.org/fnet.html

Brevduvan - Club 300:s mailing list (You don't need to be a member of the club to gain the list.)
Information: http://www.club300.se/mailinglista.asp

UmeBirdNet  (Mainly for birders in the Umeå area, northern Sweden)
Subscribe/unsubscribe: send a mail to listar@acc.umu.se containing subscribe ubn (you don't need to specify any subject).
Send a message: ubn@acc.umu.se
Contact: Tomas Byström

VOF-listan (Mainly for birders in Västmanland, middle of Sweden)
Subscribe/unsubscribe: send an emty mail to VOF-listan-subscribe@egroups.com / VOF-listan-unsubscribe@egroups.com

LINTUVERKKO (Finland in Finnish)
Subscription: contact Martin Helin (martin.helin@posti.fi)

TALTRASTARNA (On birding in Scandinavia in Swedish, English section included)

Europe

EuroBirdNet (A mailing list for European birders in English.)

EuroBirder (For the free exchange of news and views by birders all over Europe (Western Palaearctic region).
Post message: Eurobirder@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe:  Eurobirder-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe:  Eurobirder-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
List owner:  Eurobirder-owner@yahoogroups.com

EuroTwitch-Birdline  (Rare bird alerts for Europe and WP)
For more information: http://www.surfbird.de/eurotwitch
Post message: birdline@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe: birdline-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe: birdline-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
List owner: birdline-owner@yahoogroups.com

EuroBirdNet UK (A mailing list for UK. All mails to EuroBirdNet will also be received.)
Subscribe/unsubscribe: see EuroBirdNet UK. To end a subscription send an empty  mail containing "unsubscribe" in the head to ukbirdnet-request@dcs.bbk.ac.uk.
Send a message: ukbirdnet@dcs.bbk.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/ag/ebn/index.html

IBN-L - Irish Bird Network
Subscription: listserv@listserv.hea.ie
Message: subscribe IBN-L your name

NETHERLANDS (EuroBirdNet) - mostly Dutch
Web page: Dutch EuroBirdNet

Explorer les iClubs: Oiseaux, ornithologie - Birding lists in French

OBSFR - France 
Subscription: obsfr-abonnement@club.voila.fr
Message: leave blank
Posting: obsfr@club.voila.fr
Contact: Hervé Michel
Web page: OBSFR

CHER (France) - for local observations (français)
Subscription: obs18-subscribe@eGroups.com
Unsubscription: obs18-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
Message: leave blank
Posting: obs18@eGroups.com
Contact: ListOwner web page: OBS18

MAINE-ET-LOIRE (France) - for local observations (français)
Subscription: obs49-abonnement@club.voila.fr
Unsubscription: obs49-desabonnement@club.voila.fr
Message: leave blank
Posting: obs49@club.voila.fr
Contact: Alain Fossé or ListOwner web page: OBS49

NORMANDIE (France) - for local observations (français)
Subscription: obsnorm-subscribe@eGroups.com
Unsubscription: obsnorm-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
Message: leave blank
Posting: obsnorm@eGroups.com
Contact: Emmanuel Chabot or ListOwner web page: OBSNORM

PTAKI (Poland, mainly in Polish)
Subscription: listserv@amu.edu.pl + subscribe PTAKI name

GermanBirdNet (Germany and Austria in German)
Subscription: Majordomo@rrze-uni-erlangen.de + subscribe germanbirdnet
Send a message: GermanBirdNet@rrze.uni-erlangen.de

ITALY - EBN Italy Messages in Italian
Subscription form: EBN Italia
Posting: ebn-it-list@aspide.it

The World

Yahoo Groups Birding - several hundred egroups

Middle East

KUSLAR-L - Birdwatching in Turkey
Subscription: listproc@metu.edu.tr message: subscribe KUSLAR-L your name
Send a message: kuslar-l@metu.edu.tr
Contact: wwwokgt@metu.edu.tr
Homepage: www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwokgt/

MEBirdNet - Middle East Birding
MEBirdNet run by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East but is an open mailing list.
Subscription: send an empty mail to MEBirdNet-subscribe@onelist.com
Web page: ME Bird Net

Asia

Nathistory - India (birds, mammals and plants from India)
Subscription: listproc@lists.princeton.edu message: including the message: nathistory-india in your email-address plus name.
Contact: Vivek Tiwari (vivek@ee.princeton.edu)

MALAYSIA - Birdwatching
Subscription: subscribe Birders
Posting: birders@onelist.com
Contact: Birders list owner
Archives: birders

NATURE-SINGAPORE
Subscription: nature-singapore-subscribe@eGroups.com
Message: leave blank
Web page: Nature-Singapore

ORIENTAL BIRDING - Birds and Birdwatching in the Oriental Region
Subscription: orientalbirding-subscribe@egroups.com
Message: leave blank
Information: http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/ 

Africa

SABirdNet (Sydafrika)
Subscription: maizer@listserv.und.ac.za +subscribe sabirdnet full name (or unsubscribe sabirdnet)
Send a message: sabirdnet@listserv.und.ac.za
Contact: Jenny Norman (norman@cc.und.ac.za)

North America

BIRDCHAT - birds, birding and birders

Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
Meddelande: subscribe BIRDCHAT name
Send a message:  birdchat@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdchat-request@listserv.arizona.edu

Rare Bird Alerts (For rarities in North America.)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu including the message: subscribe BIRD_RBA plus name.
Send a message: bird_rba@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: bird_rba-request@listserv.arizona.edu

BIRDCNTR - Rare Bird Alerts (Central USA+CAN)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu including the message: subscribe BIRDCNTR plus name.
Send a message: birdcntr@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdcntr-request@listserv.arizona.edu

BIRDEAST - Rare Bird Alerts (Eastern USA+CAN)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu including the message: subscribe BIRDEAST plus name.
Send a message: birdeast@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdeast-request@listserv.arizona.edu

BIRDWEST - Rare Bird Alerts (Western USA+CAN)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu including the message: subscribe BIRDWEST plus name.
Send a message: birdwest@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdwest-request@listserv.arizona.edu

AVIMONDE (A general mailing list for French spoken ornithologists.)
Subscription : majordomo@cedep.net  including the message: subscribe avimonde (e-mail address)
Send a message: avimonde@cedep.net
Contact: Jean Laporte (jlaporte@microtec.net)
Homepage: http://www.ntic.qc.ca/~nellus/world.html

ARBIRD-L (Arkansas, USA)
Subscription: listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu + subscribe arbird-l your name
Contact: Kimberly Smith (kgsmith@comp.uark.edu   )

AZ-NM CHAT (Arizona and New-Mexico, USA)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu + subscribe BIRDWG05 plus name
Send a message: birdwg05@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdwg05-request@listserv.arizona.edu

BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS-L (Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
Subscription: listserv@indiana.edu + subscribe bloomington-birds-L
Send a message: bloomington-birds-L@indiana.edu
Contact: Dawn Hewitt (hewitt@indiana.edu )

CALBIRD  (California, USA)
Subscription: listserv@pterodroma.kiwi.net + subscribe Calbird
Send a message: calbird@pterodroma.kiwi.net

BIRDING (Northern California, USA)
Subscription: listproc@mail.mother.com + subscribe birding plus name +
Send a message: Lois Richter birding@mother.com

CAROLINABIRDS (Northern and southern Carolina, USA)
Subscription: majordomo@acpub.duke.edu + subscribe carolinabirds
Send a message:  carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
Contact Will Cook (cwcook@acpub.duke.edu )

CAYUGABIRDS-L (Northern New York, USA)
Subscription: listproc@cornell.edu + subscribe cayugabirds-l plus your name
Send a message:  cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu

COBIRDS (Colorado, USA)
Subscription & Information: subscribe to COBirds send a blank e-mail message to: join-cobirds@lists.cfo-link.org or go the CFO website for a simple subscribe form at: http://www.cfo-link.org/COBirds.html

GENESEE VALLEY BIRDS (New York State, USA)
Subscription: listproc@listproc.cc.geneseo.edu + sub geneseebirds-l your name
Send a message:  geneseebirds-l@listproc.cc.geneseo.edu

IBET (Illinois Birders Exchanging Thoughts)
Subscription: send a request to Sue Friscia (Q4BIRDS@aol.com )
Send a message:  Q4BIRDS@aol.com   (including IBET: in the message field)
Homepage: http://www.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Birds/IBET.html

KSBIRD-L (Kansas, USA)
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LABIRD-L (Louisiana, USA)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.lsu.edu + subscribe labird-l your name
Send a message: labird-l@listserv.lsu.edu

MARVADEL (Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and surrounding regions, USA)
Subscription: send a request to John Tebbutt (marvadel-request@amazon.ncsl.nist.gov)
Send a message: marvadel@amazon.ncsl.nist.gov

MASSBIRD (Massachusets and New England, USA)
Subscription: majordomo@world.std.com + subscribe massbird user@address.here  (name)
Send a message: massbird@world.std.com
Contact: Barbara Volkle (Barb620@world.std.com)

MD OSPREY (Maryland, USA)
Subscription: listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com + subscribe mdosprey subscriber_name

MICH-LISTERS (Michigan, USA)
Subscription: listproc@envirolink.org + subscribe mich-listers plus name

MISSBIRD (Mississippi, USA)
Subscription: listserv@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu + subscribe missbird forename surname
Send a message: missbird@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu
Contact: Martin Davis (sunset.backbone@olemiss.edu ) 

MNBIRDNET (Minnesota, USA)
Subscription: MnBird-request@linux.winona.msus.edu + subscribe
Contact: Carol Schumacher (wncarols@linux.winona.msus.edu)

MONTEREY BAY BIRDS (California, USA)
Subscription: majordomo@bionet.ucsc.edu + subscribe mbb your email address

MOO-LISTERS (Michigan, Northern Ohio, USA and southern Ontario, Canada)
Subscription: listproc@envirolink.org + subscribe moo-listers
Send a message:  moo-listers@envirolink.org
Contact: Jim Lesser (lesser@wwnet.com)

NYSBIRDS-L (New York State, USA)
Subscription: listproc@CORNELL.EDU + subscribe NYSBirds-L name
Send a message: NYSBirds-L@Cornell.edu

NE-Birds (Nebraska, USA)
Subscription: AutoShare@rip.physics.unk.edu + subscribe NeBirds plus name
Contact: Robin Harding (HARDINGR@platte.unk.edu)

OBOL (Oregon Birder On-Line)
Subscription: ListServ@mail.orst.edu + SUBSCRIBE obol forename surname
Send a message: OBOL@mail.orst.edu
Contact: obol-request@mail.orst.edu

OHIO BIRDS - Ohio, USA)
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OKBIRDS (Oklahoma, USA)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.ou.edu + subscribe OKbirds name
Contact: GMSARC@AOL.COM

ONEIDABIRDS (Central New York, USA)
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PABIRDS (Pennsylvania, USA)
Subscription: listproc@ship.edu + subscribe pabirds name
Send a message: pabirds@ship.edu
Contact: Don Henise (deheni@ark.ship.edu)

RIVERBIRD (States along Mississippi, USA)
Subscription: riverbird-request@linux.winona.msus.edu + subscribe
Contact: Carol Schumacher (wncarols@linux.winona.msus.edu)

SAN DIEGO BIRDS (San Diego and Imperial Counties, southern California, USA)
Subscription: listcaster@basiclink.com + subscribe SDBirds
Send a message: sdbirds@basiclink.com
Contact: Douglas Aguillard (doug@basiclink.com)

SE MICHIGAN (only rarities)
Subscription: send a request to subscribe_birders@umich.edu

SOUTH DAKOTA
Subscription: majordomo@igc.org + subscribe sd-birds
Contact: Dan Tallman (tallmand@wolf.northern.edu)

SOUTHERN MARYLAND
Subscription: listserv@list.audubon.org + subscribe md-smas-general name

STANTON (Central Maine, USA, Stanton bird club)
Subscription: majordomo@mail.avcnet.org + subscribe stanton your name

TWEETERS (Washington State, USA)
Subscription: listproc@u.washington.edu + subscribe tweeters plus name (or unsubscribe tweeters)
Send a message: tweeters@u.washington.edu
Contact: Dan Victor (dvictor@u.washington.edu)

TEXBIRDS (Texas, USA)
Subscription: listserv@list.audubon.org + subscribe texbirds name (or signoff texbirds)
Send a message: texbirds@list.audubon.org
Contact: E.G. White-Swift (egws@flash.net)

WISBIRDN (Wisconsin, USA)
Subscription: wisbirdn-request@lawrence.edu + subscribe wisbirdn plus name

MEX-BIRD (Mexico)
Subscription: listserv@list.audubon.org + subscribe mex-bird forename surname
Send a message:: mex-bird@list.audubon.org

South America

AVIFAUNA (South American birds, in Spanish)
Subscription: A mailinglistsrcp@rcp.net.pe + email address plus avifauna.
Send a message: avifauna@rcp.net.pe
Contact: birdlife@cipa.org.ec
Web page: Avifauna

Oceania

BIRDING-AUS (Australia)
Subscription: majordomo@vicnet.net.au +: subscribe birding-aus
Send a message: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au
Recent postings: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/AUSB.html  
Archives: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/ 
Contact: owner-birding-aus@vicnet.net.au
Web page: Birding Australia

Bird watching

BIRDFEEDER ("Garden birding")
Subscription: birdfeeder-request@userhome.com + subscribe
Contact: Stefanie Wieclawek (nan@vaxxine.com)

Teen BirdChat (For teenagers)
Subscription: send a request to teenbirdinfo@nbhc.com

WORGNET (Women in ornithological recourse groups)
Subscription: listserv@sivm.si.edu + subscribe WORGNET your

Field identification

ID-Frontiers (Field identification)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu including the message: subscribe BIRDWG01 plus name.
Posting: birdwg01@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact address: birdwg01-request@listserv.arizona.edu

BRCF-L - BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE FORUM
Subscription: listserv@listserv.indiana.edu
Message: send an empty message
Web page: BRCF-L

Laridae - (Identification, movement, ringing, etc of skuas, gulls and terns)
Subscription: Laridae-subscribe@egroups.co.uk
Message: subscribe BRCF-L yourfirstname yourlastname
Web page: http://www.egroups.co.uk/group/Laridae

Traveling/Travel reports

BIRDTRIP (Travel reports)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu + subscribe BIRDTRIP plus name
Send a message: birdtrip@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdtrip-request@listserv.arizona.edu

Ringing/Research

COLOUR-RING BIRDING (Information/observations on colour-ringed birds)
Subscription: cr-birding-subscribe@egroups.com 
Send a message: cr-birding@egroups.com

ORNITH-L (Scientific discussions in ornithology, systematics, physiology, ecology, preservation etc, not for ringing and birding)
Subscription: listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu subscribe ORNITH-L your name
Send a message:  address available upon subscription
Contact: Jeanette Bider (jbider@comp.uark.edu )

BIRDBAND (Ringing/banding)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu + subscribe BIRDBAND plus name.
Send a message: birdband@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdband-request@listserv.arizona.edu
Archives: NBHC Digest

CAVNET (Scientific on cavity nesting birds)
Subscription: listserv@uvvm.uvic.ca + subscribe CAVNET plus name.
Send a message: cavnet@uvvm.uvic.ca
Contact: Eric Walters (ewalters@bio.fsu.edu)
Homepage: http://bio.fsu.edu/~jameslab/

Bird Migration

SEPART-L - Neotropical migratory birds in southeastern U.S.
Subscription: listserv@listserv.uark.edu
Message: subscribe SEPART-L your name
Posting: separt-l@listserv.uark.edu
Web address: separt-l

BIRDHAWK (HMANA) - North American Hawk Migration Association
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
Message: subscribe Birdhawk your-name
Posting: birdhawk@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact address: birdhawk-request@listserv.arizona.edu
Web address: HMANA

Species groups

SEABIRD-L (Sea birds)
Subscription: listserver@uct.ac.za including the message: SUBSCRIBE SEABIRD-L plus name.
Send a message: seabird-l@utc.ac.za
Contact: John Cooper (jcooper@zoo.uct.ac.za)

NW-Pelagics (Sea birding from California to British Columbia)
Subscription: majordomo@teleport.com + subscribe nw_pelagics-L

PELAGICS - Pelagic Birding
Subscription: pelagics-subscribe@egroups.com
Message: subscribe pelagics
Posting: pelagics@egroups.com
Contact: pelagics-help@egroups.com
Web address: Pelagics

EAGLE-NET (Scientific on eagles)
Subscription: majordomo@unixg.ubc.ca + subscribe EAGLE-NET
Contact: Greg Howald and Chris Coker (eaglenet@unixg.ubc.ca)

HMANA (North American Hawk Migration Association)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu including the message: subscribe HMANA
Send a message: birdhawk@listserv.arizona.edu
Contact: birdhawk-request@listserv.arizona.edu

GROUSE (Grouses dealing Capercaille, Black grouse, Hazel hen and Ptarmigan)
Contact: Wolfgang Kantner (h8840785@edv1.boku.ac.at)

FWS-SHOREBIRDS (Waders)
Subscription: majordomo@www.fws.gov including the message: subscribe FWS-SHOREBIRDS
Contact: Heather Johnson (heather_johnson@mail.fws.gov)

Western Shorebird Group (Waders)
Subscription: majordomo@unr.edu + subscribe wsg

WADERS-L (Waders)
Subscription: listserver@uct.ac.za including the message: subscribe waders-l plus name.
Send a message: waders-l@uct.ac.za
Contact: Rene Navarro (trauco@maths.uct.ac.za) or Les Underhill (lgu@maths.uct.ac.za)
Web address: Waders-list archives

HUMMER (Hummingbirds)
Subscription: majordomo@majordomo.esosoft.com + subscribe hummer your-email

HUMNET-L (Hummingbirds)
Subscription: listserv@listserv.lsu.edu + subscribe humnet-l plus name
Send a message: humnet-l@listserv.lsu.edu

TITNET (Tits and cavity nesting birds)
Subscription: listserver@relay.doit.wisc.edu including the message: subscribe TitNet plus name.
Contact: Jack P. Hailman (jhailman@macc.wisc.edu)

SHRIKEOLOGY
See Homepage!

Cracids Newsletter
Subscription: Ecotropics@aol.com + send a name and email to receive Cracid Newsletter regularly.

JAYNET (Corvids)
Send a message: jaynet@relay.doit.wisc.edu

SEPART-L (South American migrating birds in south-eastern USA).
Subscription: listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu + subscribe SEPART-L your name

Other categories

BIRDCLUBEXCHANGE - For the dissemination of bird club information
Web address: BirdClubExchange

BIRDFEEDER - Backyard Birdwatching
Subscription: birdfeeder-request@userhome.com
Message: subscribe
Contact address: Stefanie Wieclawek (nan@vaxxine.com)

Teen BirdChat - for teenagers
Subscription: send request to teenbirdinfo@nbhc.com

WORGNET - Women in Ornithology Resource Group
Subscription: listserv@sivm.si.edu
Message: subscribe WORGNET your name