International Ornithological Congress
The International Ornithological Congress series forms the oldest and largest international series of meetings of ornithologists. It is organised by the International Ornithological Committee, a group of about 200 ornithologists. The first meeting was in 1884; subsequent meetings were irregular until 1926 since when meetings have been held every four years, except for two missed meetings during and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Years and venues of past and future meetings are:
- 1884 - Vienna, Austria
- 1891 - Budapest, Hungary
- 1900 - Paris, France
- 1905 - London, United Kingdom
- 1910 - Berlin, Germany
- 1926 - Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1930 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1934 - Oxford, United Kingdom
- 1938 - Rouen, France
- 1950 - Uppsala, Sweden
- 1954 - Basel, Switzerland
- 1958 - Helsinki, Finland
- 1962 - Ithaca, USA
- 1966 - Oxford, United Kingdom
- 1970 - The Hague, The Netherlands
- 1974 - Canberra, Australia
- 1978 - Berlin, Germany
- 1982 - Moscow, Soviet Union
- 1986 - Ottawa, Canada
- 1990 - Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1994 - Vienna, Austria
- 1998 - Durban, South Africa
- 2002 - Beijing, China
- 2006 - Hamburg, Germany
- 2010 - Campos do Jordão, Brazil
- 2014 - Tokyo, Japan
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