THE OTTER SIDE - Complete Image Catalog

Updated: Monday December 14, 2009

COMPLETE IMAGE CATALOG

We have images of over 735 bird species online!

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the online images and information

| Alphabetized Lists | Lists by Type of Bird | Lists by Country |

| About the Complete Image Catalog |

The Complete Image Catalog is the showcase for the images of THE OTTER SIDE. It is also intended to be an online educational and reference tool. A brief commentary [will ultimately be] included for each species describing the bird, its habitat, and other interesting facts about it. Photographic details (location, date, camera, lens, film, etc.) are also included for each image.

Many of the species have multiple images intended to show additional visual information about the species, such as:

breeding plumage
winter plumage
female plumage
immature plumage

the bird in flight
behavior/display
color morphs (if they exist)
geographic races (if they exist)

Some images of "marginal" quality have been included because they show unique field marks, represent uncommon, threatened, or endangered species, or document rareties.

Alphabetized Image Lists - Click on a Letter for Listings by Last Name
NOTE: Where multiple images of a bird exist, the first image shown in the series is the "default" image for product orders unless a specific image name is requested when ordering.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |

| O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

Image Lists by Type of Bird - Click on a Group for Listings by Last Name
NOTE: These types/groups "loosely" follow the taxonomic order found in most current field guides. In 2003 the 44th Supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition moved the orders Anseriformes (i.e., Waterfowl in the list below) and Galliformes (i.e, Upland Game Birds in the list below) directly in front of Gaviiformes (i.e., Loons in the list below). Once field guides with this new taxonomic order are published and become widely distributed, the list below will be changed to reflect the new taxonomic order.

Additional taxonomic changes from the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 50th AOU Supplements are also included. These mostly involve the addition of new species and changes/revisions to Common/Genus/Species nomenclature. For example:

When a bird is split into two (or more) species: The "Blue Grouse" [Dendragapus obscurus] of the western United States mountains is no more, as one of its subspecies has been given full species status. To avoid confusion the original name of "Blue Grouse" cannot be used for any of the remaining race(s). Thus the Pacific Northwest coastal mountains race [Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus] is now a full species called the "Sooty Grouse" [Dendragapus fuliginosus]. The two Rocky Mountains races [Dendragapus obscurus obscurus] and [Dendragapus obscurus richardsonii] now have the common name of "Dusky Grouse" [Dendragapus obscurus sp.], but retain their original genus, species, and subspecies names.
When two (or more) birds are lumped into a single species: The classic example is the Baltimore Oriole [Icterus galbula] and Bullock's Oriole [Icterus bullockii]. When these two species were lumped, the "Baltimore" and "Bullock's" names could no longer be used for the new species name. The new name given to them was the "Northern" Oriole [Icterus galbula]. Thus the two were given subspecies names of [Icterus galbula galbula] and [Icterus galbula bullockii], respectively. When they were later split again, the original common, genus, and species names were restored.

Image Lists by Country - Click on a Country for Listings by Last Name

| Japan | Great Britain | Colombia |