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| Brazilian Ornithological Society | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brazilian Ornithological Society |
| Native name | Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Headquarters | São Paulo |
| Region served | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Leader title | President |
Brazilian Ornithological Society is a scientific society focused on the study, conservation, and dissemination of knowledge about birds in Brazil and South America. Founded by researchers and naturalists active in institutions such as Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, and Universidade de Brasília, the society coordinates research networks, conservation advocacy, and public outreach. Its membership spans ornithologists affiliated with Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, BirdLife International, and regional museums across the Amazon Rainforest, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest.
The society was founded in 1985 by a coalition of staff from Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Universidade Federal do Pará, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and field biologists who had collaborated on projects funded by agencies including World Wildlife Fund, National Geographic Society, and Conservation International. Early initiatives involved coordinated surveys in the Pantanal, partnerships with Bolivia and Peru researchers, and symposia co-hosted with Ornithological Congresses and regional meetings at Universidade Estadual Paulista. Over decades the society contributed to major taxonomic revisions influenced by work from laboratories such as Laboratório de Ornitologia da USP and by collaborators at institutions like Smithsonian Institution and American Museum of Natural History.
The society's mission aligns with long-term goals of protecting avian diversity across Brazilian biomes, promoting rigorous field and museum-based research, and supporting policy measures influenced by scientific evidence. Its objectives include fostering collaborations among staff at Museu Nacional, supporting graduate programs at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and facilitating international exchanges with partners such as Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and IUCN. The society emphasizes capacity building for technicians from state agencies like Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis and for students in master's and doctoral tracks overseen by programs at Universidade de São Paulo.
Governance is conducted by an elected board comprising researchers affiliated with institutions such as Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, and Universidade Federal do Paraná. Subcommittees coordinate work on taxonomy, conservation policy, education, and regional chapters in states including Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Paraná. Legal registration followed statutes modeled on nonprofit structures used by Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência and incorporated collaborations with municipal authorities in São Paulo (state) and federal agencies in Brasília. Honorary members have included curators from Museu de Zoologia da USP and visiting scholars from Universidade de Cambridge and University of Florida.
Regular activities include biennial conferences held in cities like Recife, Manaus, and Porto Alegre, workshops on monitoring techniques hosted with SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation and training courses in mist-netting and banding developed with Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas. The society runs citizen-science platforms in partnership with eBird, organizes regional atlas projects mirroring efforts by Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, and coordinates rapid response teams for threatened species alongside IBAMA units and local NGOs such as Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado. Collaborative programs address habitat restoration in the Caatinga, species inventories in the Serra dos Órgãos, and long-term demographic studies at protected areas managed by Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
The society publishes a peer-reviewed journal featuring taxonomic, ecological, and conservation research with contributions from authors at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Universidade de São Paulo, and international partners like University of Oxford and The Peregrine Fund. Special issues have documented findings from expeditions to the Ilha de Marajó and revisions of genera formerly described by naturalists associated with Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. In addition to the journal, the society issues field guides, technical reports used by managers at Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, and proceedings from symposia co-published with Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia and regional museums.
Work led by society members has informed IUCN Red List assessments and national endangered species lists maintained by Ministério do Meio Ambiente (Brazil), contributing to protection measures for taxa in the Atlantic Forest and Pantanal. Research collaborations with Instituto de Pesquisas da Amazônia and surveillance projects in the Amazon Rainforest have produced data used by agencies responding to deforestation trends traced via partnerships with Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais and international assessments by UNEP. The society's science has supported species recovery plans, habitat corridors proposed to state governments in São Paulo (state) and Goiás, and legal protections implemented through cases brought before courts in Brasília.
Membership includes professional ornithologists employed at universities such as Universidade Federal do Ceará, museum curators, students enrolled in postgraduate programs at Universidade Estadual Paulista, and volunteers working with NGOs like Associação Caatinga. Outreach programs target schools in municipalities across Rio de Janeiro (state) and Santa Catarina (state), run birdwatching festivals in collaboration with tourism boards in Pantanal Matogrossense, and produce educational materials distributed through partnerships with Fundação Museu do Homem Americano and regional nature centers. International exchange fellowships have connected members with labs at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and conservation units managed by Parques Nacionales de España.
Category:Ornithological organizations