BirdLife South Africa
BirdLife South Africa, formerly the South African Ornithological Society, is the South African national partner organisation of BirdLife International.
It has a membership of 8000 in 40 branches and affiliates. Its mission is to promote the enjoyment, understanding, study and conservation of wild birds and their habitats. It publishes an ornithological journal, Ostrich, covering the birds of Africa and its islands.[1]
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).