Datasets

Want to contribute?

The AKN is interested in any datasets of bird distribution.

Our goal is to organize both observational data and data gathered using constant effort capture methods (i.e. bird banding stations).
Data providers have complete control of access to their data, and can how it can be used.

The AKN is federating datasets through distributed Grid technologies. These technologies include:

Software to link disparate datasets via Internet technologies.
Metadata variables that provide information for project discovery and data exchange.
Data storage structures that create a persistent archive.

Steps to participating:

Fill out the descriptive metadata for the Bird Monitoring Data Registry. This provides information on the ownership, access rights, storage, and project description.
Map the data fields of the original database to the metadata exchange descriptors of the Bird Monitoring Data Exchange.
Set up the DiGIR Portal Provider on a computer connected to the Internet. We recommend following the implementation standards established by GBIF (http://www.gbif.org).

More Information

Bird monitoring data resources represent arguably the most comprehensive time-series environmental data in existence. These data, gathered by hundreds of independent projects, have collected an estimated 60 million records over the past 100 years.

	Project \| Partner	Observations
1	eBird National Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology	37,649,232
2	Project Feeder Watch Bird Studies Canada, Cornell Lab of Ornithology	16,288,144
3	North American Breeding Bird Survey U.S. Geological Survey	7,935,950
4	Great Backyard Bird Count Cornell Lab of Ornithology	7,075,771
5	eBird Canada Bird Studies Canada	1,437,316
6	PRBO Point Counts PRBO Conservation Science	1,328,945
7	Hawk Count Hawk Migration Association of North America	1,022,236
8	Texas eBird Fermata	927,778
9	RMBO's Regional Monitoring Program (RMBO RMP) Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory	668,326
10	Wisconsin eBird Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology	622,781
11	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - point count data Bird Studies Canada	576,842
12	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	532,907
13	Land Bird Monitoring Program University Of Montana Avian Science Center	507,281
14	California eBird Audubon California, PRBO Conservation Science	477,878
15	International Shorebird Survey National Audubon Society, Manomet Center for Conservation Science	442,400
16	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (1981-1985): raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	407,206
17	Bird Conservation Network eBird Bird Conservation Network	374,402
18	Vermont eBird Audubon Vermont, Vermont Center for EcoStudies	350,306
19	Ontario Bird Feeder Survey Bird Studies Canada	284,616
20	PRBO Banding Data PRBO Conservation Science	250,900
21	Mass Audubon eBird Mass Audubon	244,292
22	Louisiana eBird Louisiana Bird Resource Center	221,834
23	LaMNA - Klamath Bird Monitoring Network Banding Data Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	215,960
24	CALPIF Point Count California Partners in Flight	200,444
25	Rocky Mountian Bird Observatory - Section-based Surveys Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory	196,067
26	Klamath Bird Monitoring Network Point Counts Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	195,264
27	New York eBird Audubon New York, New York State Ornithological Association	166,489
28	Virginia eBird Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Virginia Society for Ornithology	153,756
29	aVerAves (Mexico) CONABIO, NABCI	128,740
30	CALPIF Area Survey California Partners in Flight	123,200
31	Alaska eBird Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Audubon Alaska	117,304
32	Marshbird Monitoring Program Bird Studies Canada	100,116
33	Klamath-Siskiyou eBird Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	97,698
34	Big Sur Ornithology Lab - Banding data Ventana Wildlife Society	94,622
35	Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	74,515
36	Great Salt Lake Waterbird Survey Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	67,286
37	Programme Integre des Recherches sur les Oiseaux Pelagiques Canadian Wildlife Service	61,227
38	Cetacean and Seabird Assessment Program Manomet Center for Conservation Science	55,153
39	Pennsylvania eBird Audubon Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology	43,804
40	Avian Exposure to Massachusetts Maritime Academy Wind Turbine Massachusetts Maritime Academy	35,351
41	Mountain Bird Watch Vermont Center for EcoStudies	30,818
42	Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - point count Bird Studies Canada	29,004
43	eBird Puerto Rico Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico, Sociedad Ornitologica Puertorriquena	26,427
44	Eastern Canadian Seabirds At Sea Canadian Wildlife Service	22,427
45	eBird Peru Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad	22,253
46	Maryland Marshbirds Maryland Department of Natural Resources	21,056
47	BirdSleuth Cornell Lab of Ornithology	8,804
48	Latin America and Caribbean Program Ducks Unlimited	5,286
49	UDENWC University of Delaware NWC	4,708
50	Arctic Survey U.S. Geological Survey	3,322
51	Connecticut Grassland Bird Survey Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection	2,334
52	Priority Migrant eBird Cerulean Warbler Technical Group, Golden-winged Warbler Working Group	2,319
53	New York Grassland Bird Survey Audubon New York	2,164
54	New Jersey Managed Grassland Bird Survey New Jersey Audubon Society	502

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