AFA Services

• Annual educational conference to share the best bird breeding, keeping, and avian medicine practices.
• Magazine about bird breeding, bird keeping, and conservation.
  • We make our article archive available free online.
  • 50+ years of issues!
• We provide educational courses about birds for children and adults.
  • Free Avian Biology Classroom curriculum for kids.
  • Fundamentals of Aviculture I Introductory bird-keeping course.
  • Fundamentals of Aviculture II Advanced topics bird-keeping course.
• Network bird clubs and bird keeping businesses with our members, to keep the bird community together to learn and problem-solve.
•  Disaster relief that meets the special needs of bird owners and breeders during crises.
• Informing legislators so laws about bird keeping are based on accurate information.
• Traceable-to-breeder program with our special AFA leg bands to increase tracking of birds between private facilities, and to help bring lost or stolen birds home!
• Bird band registry for owners and breeders to register ownership of their birds and to help bring lost birds home.
• Funding and awareness of conservation and research activities that involve birds.
• Members’ low cost “fast ads” to connect to each other for buying and selling.

How to support our mission

• Members pay an annual fee to support our organization as individuals, families, or commercial members.
• We sell bird art items left over from our conferences on our online store to raise funds.
• Accept direct donations or sponsorships.

A recognized non-profit

• United States Federally registered 501 (C) 3 non-profit.
• Identified by the U.S. Congress Offices of Technology and Assessment as the nation’s grassroots organization of bird breeders.
• Recognized by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species as an NGO allowed to provide input related U.S. involvement in the CITES treaty.
• Founded in 1974.