A few notes on good, accessible places for information on species found in British Columbia, Canada. I plan to continue editing and adding to this.

Animals Etc...

• E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of Wildlife in British Columbia (UBC). online
• Search for documents: the site:https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/*

Birds

• Atlas of the Breeding Birds of British Columbia. online
• Rick Howie, "Birds of Kamloops, 2nd Ed.", 2003. online
• The Feather Atlas, US Fish & Wildlife Service. Search Tool | Browse

Amphibians

• Monica Pearson, Fraser Valley Frogs and Toads PDF

Arthropods (Insects, Bugs)

• BugGuide, hosted by Iowa State University Department of Entomology.
• Insecta Mundi
• Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, produced by the Biological Survey of Canada & the Entomological Society of Canada.
• Biting flies attacking man and livestock in Canada (1985), Agriculture Canada. | Internet Archive copy
• Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 16: The Horse Flies and Deer Flies of Canada & Alaska (1990)
• https://diptera.info/
• The Ants of British Columbia (Rod Higgins, TRU)

Butterflies & Moths

• Pacific Northwest Moths at WWU.
• British Columbia Lepidopterists' Guild
• Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska, [PDF] | [Book]
• Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada (2015), [PDF]
• Chilcotin Moths
• Rob Cannings & Geoff Scudder, Checklist: Order LEPIDOPTERA in British Columbia, 2008.
• Moth Photographers Group, Plate system, Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University. cf: PNW region species list
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
• Jeffrey C. Miller & Paul C. Hammond, Butterflies and Moths of the Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands: Rare, Endangered, and Management-Sensitive Species, 2007, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), PDF.
• The Moths of the British Isles, First Series Comprising the Families Sphingidae to Noctuidae, 1907. - useful diagrams.
• Lafontaine, Wood: Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) of the Yukon, 1997

Vascular Plants

• William J. Cody & Donald M. Britton, Ferns and Fern Alies of Canada, Agriculture Canada (1989) | Internet Archive copy.
• David B. Lellinger , A field manual of the ferns & fern-allies of the United States & Canada (1985) (Internet Archive borrowable).
• Illustrated Flora of British Columbia (1998-2002). online
• E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia (UBC), species search page
• Burke Herbarium Image Collection (University of Washington), online
• Paul Handford, "A Seasonal Guide to the Flowering Plants of the Kamloops Area", 2016-2020. online
• Mike Ryan, "Plants of the Kamloops Area" [PDF]

Fungi

• Polypores of British Columbia [PDF]

Data Collections

• Canadensys. (explorer | main)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF). (main)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). (main)

Repositories

• Canadian National Collection: Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes (database)
• Royal British Columbia Museum: Entomology Collection, Province of British Columbia (database)
• E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum, University of Alberta. (main)
• Spencer Entomological Collection | Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC. (database / main)