South African ornithological conservation organization
BirdLife South Africa, formerly the South African Ornithological Society (SAOS), is the
South African national partner organisation of
BirdLife International.
It has a membership of 5,000, many of whom belong to more than 32 affiliated bird clubs. BirdLife South Africa's vision is to promote the enjoyment, understanding, study and
conservation of wild
birds and their habitats. It publishes an
ornithologicaljournal, Ostrich, covering the birds of
Africa and its islands,[1] as well as the magazine African BirdLife.
One of the major projects with which it is involved is the Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project (
SABAP2). It is one of three partners which lead this project: the other two are the Animal Demography Unit at the
University of Cape Town and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).