BirdLife Australia now has a collaboration between Birdata and eBird Australia.
When you submit bird surveys in eBird and/or Birdata, you’re contributing to our collective knowledge of Australia’s birds and the places they call home.
By selecting BirdLife Australia’s standardised 2 ha 20 min survey protocol in the eBird app, your surveys will also contribute to Birdata and support the research and conservation of Australian birds. 2 ha 20 min surveys ensure consistent, long-term data collection for scientific analysis. By using the same methodology across multiple surveys, it’s easier for scientists to compare surveys across different time periods and locations and draw evidence-based conclusions about bird distribution, movements, behaviour and population trends. Repeating surveys at the same location at consistent intervals can help paint a detailed picture of the local bird community over weeks, months and even years.
We share this data with scientists and governments to advocate for the protection of threatened birds and inform conservation actions, such as preventing inappropriate developments, recommending key habitat for protection and developing species management plans.
Find out everything you need to know about Birdata and bird surveys with this helpful explainer.
To save birds, we need reliable data. Birdata is Australia's online national bird monitoring platform. Compiled by professional researchers and citizen scientists, Birdata is Australia's longest running digital database for bird sightings with more than 30 million records (and counting).
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