Zoological

Amphibians and Reptiles

• American Society for Icthyologists and Herpetologists
  


• Amphibia Web
  


• Amphibian and Reptile Toxicology Literature
  


• Amphibian Diseases - USGS
  


• Amphibian Malformations and Declines - National Wildlife Health Center
  


• Amphibian Species of the World
  


• Amphibian Survival Alliance
  


• Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans North American Task Force
  


• Canadian Herpetological Society
  


• Center for North American Herpetology
  


• Checklist of the Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles
  


• Database on Reptile Species of the World
  


• Herpetological Conservation and Biology
  


• Herpetology in Montana
  


• IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group
  


• Montana Amphibian and Reptile Status Assessment, Literature Review, and Conservation Plan
  


• National Amphibian Atlas
  


• National Disease Task Team for Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
  


• Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
  


• Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained
  


• Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)
  


• USGS Amphibian and Reptile Species Distribution Explorer
  

Birds

• American Bird Conservancy
  


• American Ornithological Society
  


• Avian Science Center at University of Montana
  


• Bald and Golden Eagle Information
  


• Bird Collision Prevention Alliance
  


• Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
  


• Bird Ecology Lab at the University of Montana
  


• Bird Watching Web Links
  


• BirdNET - automated recognition of bird calls
  


• Boreal Songbird Initiative
  


• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  


• eBird
  


• Feather Atlas - Flight Feathers of North American Birds
  


• Hawkwatch International
  


• Intermountain West Joint Venture
  


• Montana Audubon
  


• Montana Bird Advocacy
  


• Montana Bird Checklist 2018
  


• Montana Bird Conservation Partnership
  


• Montana Bird Distribution Database
  


• Montana Peregrine Institute
  


• Montana Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Program
  


• MOTUS Wildlife Tracking System through automated telemetry
  


• National Audubon Society
  


• North American Bird Conservation Initiative
  


• North American Breeding Bird Survey
  


• North American Breeding Bird Survey Results and Analysis
  


• North American Waterfowl Management Plan
  


• Owl Research Institute
  


• Partners in Flight
  


• Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
  


• Pocket Guide to Northern Prairie Birds
  


• Pocket Guide to Prairie Birds
  


• Pocket Guide to Sagebrush Birds
  


• Prairie Pothole Joint Venture
  


• Raptors of the Rockies
  


• Sage Grouse Initiative
  


• U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
  


• Wing and Tail Image Collection at Slater Museum of Natural History
  

Fish

• American Fisheries Society
  


• American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists
  


• Fish Sounds Catalogue
  


• Icthyology at California Academy of Sciences
  


• Montana Chapter of American Fisheries Society
  Including a link to accounts on Montana's fish Species of Concern


• Montana Fish Distribution Maps
  Fish distribution in Montana


• Montana Statewide Fisheries Management Plan 2023-2026
  

General

• An Age: the animal ageing and longevity database
  


• Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  


• iDigBio: integrated digitized biocollections
  


• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  


• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
  


• International Union for Conservation of Nature - Resources
  


• Movebank Animal Tracking Data Worldwide
  


• State Wildlife Action Plans
  


• U.S. Wildlife Laws and Regulations
  

Invertebrates

• Spider Identification Chart - USA
  


• American Isopod and Myriapod Group
  


• American Malacological Society
  


• Aquatic Invertebrates of Montana
  A taxonomic list of Montana's aquatic invertebrates by Daniel Gustafson


• Bees of Montana
  


• Brown Recluse Spider Identification
  


• Butterflies and Moths of North America
  


• Butterflies of North and South America
  


• Caterpillar Identification: moths, butterflies, and skippers of North America)
  


• Checklist Tardigrada Species
  


• Ecdysis Portal for Arthropod Collections
  


• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
  


• Hobo Spider (aka Aggressive House Spider) Identification
  


• Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest
  


• Macroinvertebrate Identification Resources
  Also see free companion PocketMacros app for both iOS and Android.


• Macroinvertebrate Materials from the Watershed Education Network
  


• Mayfly Central
  


• Monarch Watch
  


• Montana Bumble Bee Atlas
  


• Myriapoda from Science Direct
  


• National Native Bee Monitoring Network
  


• New World Cerambycidae Catalog
  


• North American Bee Distribution Tool
  


• North American Moth Photographers Group
  


• Odonata Central
  Dragonfly and Damselfly Information


• Spider Identification and Management
  


• Spiders Around the Home and Yard
  


• Spiders on the Web
  


• Stoneflies of North America
  


• Terrestrial Molluscs of British Columbia
  


• Trichoptera World Checklist
  


• World Hydrozoa Database
  


• World List of Tardigrada (Water Bears)
  


• World Porifera Database
  


• World Spider Catalog
  


• Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
  

Mammals

• American Society of Mammalogists
  


• Bat Acoustic Monitoring Visualization Tool
  


• Bat Best Management Practices in British Columbia
  


• Bat Conservation International
  


• Bat House Best Management Practices in the U.S. and Canada - Full Document
  


• Bat House Best Management Practices Summary
  


• Bats of Alberta
  


• Bats of the World: a taxonomic and geographic database
  


• Beaver Institute (research, management, education)
  


• Beavers and their role in riparian restoration in Montana (Version 1.0)
  


• Beavers Northwest (conflict resolution, conservation, education)
  


• Black-footed Ferret Recovery
  


• Identification Manual to the Small Mammals of British Columbia
  


• Mammal Diversity Database
  Latest Mammal Taxonomy


• Mammal Species of the World
  


• Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
  


• Range-wide Indiana Bat and Northern Long-eared Bat Survey Guidelines
  


• Revised Checklist of North American Mammals North of Mexico
  


• Sonobat Bat Call Identification Software
  


• Species Accounts for Mammals of the World
  


• Survey Guidelines for Northern Long-eared Bat
  


• The Wolverine Foundation
  


• USFWS Species Accounts
  


• USFWS White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
  


• USGS White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
  

Management

• Fire Effects Information System (FEIS)
  


• Wildlife Crossings Toolkit
  

Phylogenetic Relationships

• Kew Tree of Life Explorer
  


• OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer
  


• Open Tree of Life
  

Pollinators

• Managed Pollinator Protection Plan - Montana Department of Agriculture
  


• Pollen Specialist Bees of the Western United States
  


• Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resources
  

Reptiles

• Guide to the Identification of the Shed Skins of the Snakes of Canada
  


• Snake Fungal Disease Information Resources
  

Species Status

• Canada Species at Risk