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r/ornithology

› Welcome to Ornithology, a subreddit dedicated to the scientific study of wild birds. This is a place to discuss wild birds in a scientific context — their biology, ecology, evolution, behavior, and more.

// MEMBERS
424,721
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
1,116
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
17y
› since 2009-10-19
// STATUS
[ok] active
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// Recent posts in r/ornithology

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  1. 01 found this beauty on the ground today ↑ 400 · 2026-11-05
  2. 02 Is it normal for a loon to keep its head so low? ↑ 126 · 2026-11-06
  3. 03 Burrowing owl in Cape Coral, FL with interesting irises - reasons and rarity? ↑ 59 · 2026-11-07
  4. 04 62 "Least Concern" songbirds lost 43-49% of their genetic diversity in ~50 years, and the most abundant species lost the most (Science, museum DNA vs. modern samples) ↑ 34 · 2026-11-07
  5. 05 What do birds not possess such that they fail to recognise a parasitic egg as not their own? ↑ 24 · 2026-11-06
// RELATED_COMMUNITIES [ 12 communities · education & science ]
// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/ornithology about? [ expand ↓ ]
r/ornithology is a Reddit community with 424,721 members. Welcome to Ornithology, a subreddit dedicated to the scientific study of wild birds. This is a place to discuss wild birds in a scientific context — their biology, ecology, evolution, behavior, and more.
02 › How active is r/ornithology? [ expand ↓ ]
r/ornithology has 424,721 subscribers and 1,116 posts in our index. It was created on 2009-10-19, 17 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/ornithology? [ expand ↓ ]
Other Education & Science communities of a similar size include r/moldlyinteresting (462,791 members), r/spanish (460,947 members), r/btechtards (454,090 members), r/upsc (448,690 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.