Important Announcement: The International Ornithological Congress has extended its deadlines! Abstract submissions are now extended by 2 weeks and Early Bird registration by 6 weeks. Visit our portal for more information. iocongress2026.com #iocongress2026 #ioc2026 #ornithology

Reason 4 to attend the #IOCongress2026 #IOC2026: scoring all 8 spp of parrots/parakeets native to the Yucatán Peninsula 🇲🇽, such as this Red-lored Amazon (A. autumnalis) 🦜 #science #ornithology Pic taken in Cancún by instagram.com/alex_buess & instagram.com/avesmexicanas

Reason 3 to attend the #IOCongress2026 #IOC2026: finding all 3 spp of trogons native to Yucatán 🇲🇽, such as this Black-headed male #science #ornithology Pic taken in Mérida by instagram.com/euterria_mm & instagram.com/avesmexicanas

Four years ago as @gbif.org passed 2 billion records, I tweeted that GBIF was, to a first approximation a database of birds x.com/rdmpage/stat.... Four years later we have nearly twice as many records (3.6 billion) and... it's still a mostly a database of birds www.gbif.org/occurrence/t...

Reason 2 to attend #IOCongress2026 #IOC2026 in Yucatán 🇲🇽 30 Nov - 5 Dec #ornithology #science 🦩🦜🕊️🐦‍⬛🦆🦉🦅 #bird your heart out spotting the Turquoise-browed Motmot #pajaroToh and at least 5 other Coraciiformes! From @kooxadventures

Reasons to attend #IOCongress2026 #IOC2026 in Yucatán 🇲🇽 30 Nov - Dec #ornithology #science 🦩🦜🕊️🐦‍⬛🦆🦉🦅 From @POSTAYucatan

Great news! Deadline extended to April 30th for abstract submission. Noticias! Fecha límite extendida a abril 30 para enviar resumen iocongress2026.com/registration...

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