BIO 452

• Course Description:

  This course aims to introduce the history of Ornithology and its economic benefit, the impact birds have on the ecological balance and to study the outer structures of birds and their function and other related physiological phenomena.

   

• Course Main Objective:
  1. Learn the history of Ornithology and its economic benefit
  2.  Learn the impact birds have on the ecological balance
  3.  Recognize the general qualities of birds
  4.  Identify the outer structures of birds and it’s functions
  5. Recognize the most common diseases in birds (Marek, Newcastle disease, Swine Influenza).

   

• Learning Resources

1. Welty, J.C. (1997). The Life of Birds. 4th Edition. Philadelphia.
2. Gill, Frank, B. (1994). Ornithology. 2nd Edition. New York. USAJennings, M.C. (1981). The Birds of Saudi Arabia: A Check-list - .Cambridge, U.k Cramp S. and Simmons K.E.L. 1983. The birds of the western Palearctic, Vol. III. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
3. Brooke M. and Birkhead T. 1991. The Cambridge Encyclopaedia Ornithology. Cambridge University press
4. R.F. Porter, S. Christensen, P. Shiermacker-Hansen 1996. Birds of the Middle East. Published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC. San Diego, CA 92101
5. www.ncwcd.gov.sa
6. www.fatbirder.com
7. www.birdtours.co.uk
8. www.birdlifemed.org