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:

  1. Fill out the descriptive metadata for the Bird Monitoring Data Registry. This provides information on the ownership, access rights, storage, and project description.
  2. Map the data fields of the original database to the metadata exchange descriptors of the Bird Monitoring Data Exchange.
  3. 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

Contact us for more information on how to contribute to the AKN.

 

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

13,008,859
2

Project Feeder Watch

12,610,174
3

North American Breeding Bird Survey

7,935,950
4

Great Backyard Bird Count

4,320,529
5

PRBO Point Counts

928,561
6

Hawk Count

747,287
7

Point Transect

668,326
8

Land Bird Monitoring Program

507,281
9

Texas eBird

408,993
10

eBird Canada

350,625
11

PRBO Banding Data

250,900
12

CALPIF Point Count

200,444
13

Bird Conservation Network eBird

198,751
14

Section Survey

196,067
15

Klamath Bird Monitoring Network Point Counts

195,264
16

Wisconsin eBird

180,119
17

Vermont eBird

162,738
18

Mass Audubon eBird

102,755
19

Marshbird Monitoring Program

100,116
20

California eBird

86,277
21

Area Survey

68,420
22

Louisiana eBird

64,518
23

aVerAves (Mexico)

57,526
24

New York eBird

51,875
25

Klamath-Siskiyou eBird

28,471
26

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory eBird

24,716
27

Mountain Bird Watch

18,897
28

Alaska eBird

15,767
29

eBird Puerto Rico

15,520
30

BirdSleuth

6,405
31

KBMN - Banding Data

5,702
32

Latin America and Caribbean Program

5,286
33

Hispaniola eBird

4,853
34

Arctic Survey

3,322
35

U.S. Virgin Islands eBird

1,294
36

Priority Migrant eBird

503
37

Cuba eBird

68