American Bantam Association

{{Short description|Association of breeders of bantam poultry}}

{{Infobox organization

|formation =1914{{cite book|author=Gail Damerow|author-link=Gail Damerow|title=The Chicken Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jnl8CA3CGNkC|accessdate=15 June 2013|date=1 March 2012|publisher=Storey Publishing, LLC|isbn=978-1-60342-776-0|page=11}}

|logo=American Bantam Association log.png

|logo_size=200px

|purpose =Poultry Fancy

|location =Augusta, NJ

|region_served=U.S. & Canada

|leader_title = President

|leader_name = Matt Lhamon

|affiliations = American Poultry Association

|website ={{url|bantamclub.com}}

}}

The American Bantam Association is a poultry fancy association for breeders of bantam poultry. It publishes the Bantam Standard, with detailed descriptions of all the bantam breeds and varieties that it recognizes;{{r|ekarius|page=6}} in most – but not all – cases, these are the same as those recognised by the American Poultry Association.{{r|ekarius|page=23}} It also publishes a quarterly magazine and annual yearbook,{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} hosts poultry shows and provides judges for them, and provides information on bantam breeds.

It sanctions or has sanctioned a number of poultry shows across the United States held by local groups, such as the Poultry and Rare Bird Show at the Los Angeles County Fair{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/01/07/archives/black-bantam-wins-fowl-show-honors-entry-of-phil-plant-is-judged.html|title=Black Bantam Wins Fowl Show Honors; Entry of Phil Plant Is Judged Best in Record Field of 2,500 Birds|date=January 7, 1939|work=The New York Times|page=8|accessdate=2009-10-11}} and the Ohio National.