Summary

eBird is a digital archive of bird observations. It’s a database of observations from across the planet. eBird users connect to the database via the Internet, to both contribute data and access data.

In this episode, we’ll start off by going over what exactly eBird is. Then, we’ll consider the characteristics of the scientific data that eBird users produce.

How do scientists make sure that data is of the highest quality? We’ll get into that too, as well as some useful tools that have been created using eBird data.

I’ll also give you some interesting examples of published studies on birds that used eBird data.

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Links of Interest

• eBird best practices

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Research Citations

• Global abundance estimates for 9,700 bird species
• Area is the primary correlate of annual and seasonal patterns of avian species richness in urban green spaces
• Birds rarely hybridize: A citizen science approach to estimating rates of hybridization in the wild
• Wastewater for Wetlands: Community scientists use eBird to help Portland Audubon document bird responses to habitat enhancement at Fernhill Wetlands, Oregon

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