eBird Australia Announces New Collaboration With BirdLife Australia
We are excited to announce a new collaboration between two of Australia’s leading online bird observation databases, eBird Australia and Birdata.
Both eBird Australia and BirdLife Australia are committed to collecting the scientific data we need to better understand and protect Australia’s birds. With this shared purpose, both organisations have joined forces to share knowledge and inform Australian bird conservation efforts.
We are thrilled to release the following statement of collaboration:
Statement of collaboration
“BirdLife Australia and eBird Australia are excited to collaborate more closely to ensure that bird sightings from across the continent have the greatest conservation impact.
With many common and rare Australian birds in decline, birders can help focus conservation efforts by reporting their observations through Birdata, eBird Australia or a combination of both.
By enhancing information sharing and highlighting the strengths of each platform, our goal is to continue delivering the highest quality data possible for important science and conservation work. Over the next year or so, we hope to devise specific recommendations and arrangements to build this cooperative relationship. Thanks to Birdata and eBird Australia, every birder can help save the birds that we love.”
Submit a BirdLife Australia survey via the eBird app
As a first step in this partnership, BirdLife Australia’s standard bird monitoring protocols are now available through the eBird app.
The two hectare, 20-minute bird survey and 500 metre radius search have been a standard of Australian bird monitoring for decades.
Learn more about standardised bird surveys here.
Contribute to bird research and conservation
By selecting one of these protocols in the eBird app, your surveys will be seamlessly transferred into Birdata and used support the research and conservation of Australian birds.
These protocols are used in monitoring and reporting on the status and trends of bird populations at a local, regional and national scale to track how bird populations are changing and faring.
We share this data with scientists and governments to advocate for the protection of threatened birds, and data collected from these surveys directly informs government decision making around development applications and other activities. This data also contributes to conservation efforts such as recommending key habitat for protection and developing species management plans.
So, next time you go out eBirding, consider submitting a standardised survey to support Australian bird research and conservation.
Find out how to submit a BirdLife Australia survey via eBird here.