eBird

January 1st, 2002 - January 1st, 2002 | PROJECT

A real-time, online checklist program, eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. By maximizing the utility and accessibility of bird observations made each year by recreational and professional bird watchers, eBird is amassing one of the largest and fastest growing biodiversity data resources in existence. The observations of each participant join those of others in an international network of eBird users. eBird then shares these observations with a global community of educators, land managers, ornithologists, and conservation biologists. eBird documents the presence or absence of species, as well as bird abundance through checklist data. A birder simply enters when, where, and how they went birding, then fills out a checklist of all the birds seen and heard during the outing. Local experts review unusual records that are flagged by the filters. eBird data are stored in a secure facility and archived daily, and are accessible to anyone via the eBird web site and other applications developed by the global biodiversity information community.

Project Website(s)

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Project Products

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects/clo/eBird/

Team Members

Cornell University, Author
National Audubon Society, Contributor
Chris Wood, Project Manager, Cornell University

Funders

Funding Source: NSF

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | General Public | Scientists
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Life science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Citizen Science Programs | Public Programs