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	30,914,946
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	PRBO Point Counts PRBO Conservation Science	1,328,945
6	eBird Canada Bird Studies Canada	1,166,929
7	Hawk Count Hawk Migration Association of North America	1,022,236
8	Texas eBird Fermata	820,440
9	RMBO's Regional Monitoring Program (RMBO RMP) Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory	668,326
10	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - point count data Bird Studies Canada	576,842
11	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	532,907
12	Land Bird Monitoring Program University Of Montana Avian Science Center	507,281
13	Wisconsin eBird Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology	503,641
14	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (1981-1985): raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	407,206
15	California eBird Audubon California, PRBO Conservation Science	377,802
16	International Shorebird Survey National Audubon Society, Manomet Center for Conservation Science	371,219
17	Bird Conservation Network eBird Bird Conservation Network	336,269
18	Vermont eBird Audubon Vermont, Vermont Center for EcoStudies	288,780
19	Ontario Bird Feeder Survey Bird Studies Canada	284,616
20	PRBO Banding Data PRBO Conservation Science	250,900
21	LaMNA - Klamath Bird Monitoring Network Banding Data Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	215,960
22	Mass Audubon eBird Mass Audubon	206,545
23	CALPIF Point Count California Partners in Flight	200,444
24	Louisiana eBird Louisiana Bird Resource Center	197,703
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	132,850
28	CALPIF Area Survey California Partners in Flight	123,200
29	Virginia eBird Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Virginia Society for Ornithology	119,527
30	aVerAves (Mexico) CONABIO, NABCI	112,144
31	Marshbird Monitoring Program Bird Studies Canada	100,116
32	Alaska eBird Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Audubon Alaska	97,092
33	Big Sur Ornithology Lab - Banding data Ventana Wildlife Society	94,622
34	Klamath-Siskiyou eBird Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	77,677
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	Gulf Coast Bird Observatory eBird Gulf Coast Bird Observatory	42,926
40	Avian Exposure to Massachusetts Maritime Academy Wind Turbine Massachusetts Maritime Academy	35,351
41	Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - point count Bird Studies Canada	29,004
42	Pennsylvania eBird Audubon Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology	28,844
43	Mountain Bird Watch Vermont Center for EcoStudies	27,055
44	eBird Puerto Rico Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico, Sociedad Ornitologica Puertorriquena	25,498
45	Eastern Canadian Seabirds At Sea Canadian Wildlife Service	22,427
46	Maryland Marshbirds Maryland Department of Natural Resources	21,056
47	BirdSleuth Cornell Lab of Ornithology	8,690
48	Hispaniola eBird La Societe Audubon Haiti, National Aviary, Sociedad Ornitologica de la Hispaniola, Vermont Center for EcoStudies	7,777
49	Latin America and Caribbean Program Ducks Unlimited	5,286
50	UDENWC University of Delaware NWC	4,708
51	Arctic Survey U.S. Geological Survey	3,322
52	Connecticut Grassland Bird Survey Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection	2,334
53	Priority Migrant eBird Cerulean Warbler Technical Group, Golden-winged Warbler Working Group	2,318
54	U.S. Virgin Islands eBird University of the Virgin Islands	2,246
55	New York Grassland Bird Survey Audubon New York	2,164
56	New Jersey Managed Grassland Bird Survey New Jersey Audubon Society	502

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