International Ornithologists' Union













International Ornithologists' Union
Abbreviation
IOU
Main organ

Committee of Representatives and International Ornithological Congress
Affiliations
International Union of Biological Sciences
Website
http://www.internationalornithology.org/
Formerly called

International Ornithological Committee

The International Ornithologists' Union, formerly known as the International Ornithological Committee, is a group of about 200 international ornithologists, and is responsible for the International Ornithological Congress and other international ornithological activities, undertaken by its standing committees.




Contents





  • 1 International Ornithological Congress

    • 1.1 Meetings



  • 2 See also


  • 3 External links




International Ornithological Congress


The International Ornithological Congress series forms the oldest and largest international series of meetings of ornithologists. It is organised by the International Ornithologists' Union. The first meeting was in 1884; subsequent meetings were irregular until 1926 since when meetings have been held every four years, except for two missed meetings during and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War.



Meetings



  • 1884: Vienna, Austria

  • 1891: Budapest, Hungary

  • 1900: Paris, France

  • 1905: London, United Kingdom

  • 1910: Berlin, Germany

  • 1926: Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 1930: Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 1934: Oxford, United Kingdom

  • 1938: Rouen, France

  • 1950: Uppsala, Sweden

  • 1954: Basel, Switzerland

  • 1958: Helsinki, Finland

  • 1962: Ithaca, New York, United States

  • 1966: Oxford, United Kingdom

  • 1970: The Hague, Netherlands

  • 1974: Canberra, Australia

  • 1978: Berlin, Germany

  • 1982: Moscow, Soviet Union

  • 1986: Ottawa, Canada

  • 1990: Christchurch, New Zealand

  • 1994: Vienna, Austria

  • 1998: Durban, South Africa

  • 2002: Beijing, China

  • 2006: Hamburg, Germany

  • 2010: Campos do Jordão, Brazil

  • 2014: Tokyo, Japan

  • 2018: Vancouver, Canada



See also



  • Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, a book written by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright on behalf of the IOC.



External links


  • Official website

  • IOC World Bird List

  • IOC classification





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