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	63,140,518
2	Project Feeder Watch Bird Studies Canada, Cornell Lab of Ornithology	16,288,144
3	Great Backyard Bird Count Cornell Lab of Ornithology	9,016,994
4	North American Breeding Bird Survey U.S. Geological Survey	7,935,950
5	eBird Canada Bird Studies Canada	2,861,832
6	PRBO Point Counts PRBO Conservation Science	1,328,945
7	Texas eBird Fermata	1,280,278
8	Hawk Count Hawk Migration Association of North America	1,022,236
9	Wisconsin eBird Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology	1,009,932
10	California eBird Audubon California, PRBO Conservation Science	756,098
11	RMBO's Regional Monitoring Program (RMBO RMP) Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory	668,326
12	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - point count data Bird Studies Canada	576,842
13	Vermont eBird Audubon Vermont, Vermont Center for EcoStudies	559,419
14	International Shorebird Survey National Audubon Society, Manomet Center for Conservation Science	558,468
15	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	532,907
16	Land Bird Monitoring Program University Of Montana Avian Science Center	507,281
17	Bird Conservation Network eBird Bird Conservation Network	469,189
18	Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (1981-1985): raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	407,206
19	Mass Audubon eBird Mass Audubon	363,419
20	Louisiana eBird Louisiana Bird Resource Center	297,052
21	Ontario Bird Feeder Survey Bird Studies Canada	284,616
22	PRBO Banding Data PRBO Conservation Science	250,900
23	New York eBird Audubon New York, New York State Ornithological Association	243,427
24	Virginia eBird Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Virginia Society for Ornithology	238,609
25	aVerAves (Mexico) CONABIO, NABCI	222,337
26	LaMNA - Klamath Bird Monitoring Network Banding Data Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	215,960
27	CALPIF Point Count California Partners in Flight	200,444
28	Rocky Mountian Bird Observatory - Section-based Surveys Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory	196,067
29	Klamath Bird Monitoring Network Point Counts Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	195,264
30	Alaska eBird Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Audubon Alaska	153,466
31	Klamath-Siskiyou eBird Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center	141,286
32	CALPIF Area Survey California Partners in Flight	123,200
33	Marshbird Monitoring Program Bird Studies Canada	100,116
34	Big Sur Ornithology Lab - Banding data Ventana Wildlife Society	94,622
35	Pennsylvania eBird Audubon Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology	90,159
36	Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - raw breeding evidence Bird Studies Canada	74,515
37	Great Salt Lake Waterbird Survey Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	67,286
38	Programme Integre des Recherches sur les Oiseaux Pelagiques Canadian Wildlife Service	61,227
39	Cetacean and Seabird Assessment Program Manomet Center for Conservation Science	55,153
40	eBird Puerto Rico Fideicomiso de Conservacion de Puerto Rico, Sociedad Ornitologica Puertorriquena	48,928
41	Avian Exposure to Massachusetts Maritime Academy Wind Turbine Massachusetts Maritime Academy	35,351
42	Mountain Bird Watch Vermont Center for EcoStudies	33,901
43	eBird Peru Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad	32,781
44	Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - point count Bird Studies Canada	29,004
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	9,199
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	Priority Migrant eBird Cerulean Warbler Technical Group, Golden-winged Warbler Working Group	2,356
52	Connecticut Grassland Bird Survey Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection	2,334
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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