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New Year’s Resolution 2023: eBird
New Year’s Resolutions are fun personal goals that can help you to improve your birding skills and stay engaged with eBird and birding. Whether you are a new or a longtime birder, you may be thinking about what new challenge to take on in 2023.
The 2022 taxonomy changes for Central America
The eBird taxonomy follows the Clements Checklist. Here we present an overview of the 2022 taxonomy changes as they pertain to Central America.
2022 Taxonomy Update—Coming Soon!
Once per year, eBird updates all records in our database to reflect the latest ‘splits’, ‘lumps’, additions of new species, changes to scientific names, taxonomic sequence, and more. Whenever possible, we change your records for you to match the expected species when a split or lump occurs—this is one of the main services we provide at eBird. The […]
October Big Day 2022: a global birding achievement
On 8 October, people in 185 countries around the world joined together to celebrate birds for October Big Day. More than 34,670 contributors reported an incredible 7,453 species on 80,000 checklists, setting THREE new records for the single biggest day in October birding history!
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eBird Essentials
eBird has many ways to help your birding—and we bet you don’t know them all. Whether you’re just starting out or have been eBirding for years, we think that our free eBird Essentials course has at least one tip, trick, or piece of key info that you haven’t seen before.
New in eBird and Merlin: common names for the birds of Honduras
To enjoy the observation of birds, it is not necessary to know their names. However, if you want to learn more about birds, it quickly becomes fundamental to call a bird by its name.
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October Big Day—8 Oct 2022
Mark your calendars for October Big Day—8 October 2022! Big Days are a 24-hour opportunity to celebrate birds near and far. Last October, more than 32,000 people from 195 countries submitted 78,000 checklists with eBird, demonstrating the power of birds to bring people together.
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Important Changes to Exotic Species in eBird
We are ecstatic to announce that the way eBird displays human-introduced populations of birds is changing! Highlights include— Species maps show non-native ranges in orange and have new toggles to hide exotic reports.
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Global Big Day 2022: a global celebration of birds
Birds are a source of inspiration and joy. On Saturday, 14 May, people on every continent joined together to celebrate birds for Global Big Day on World Migratory Bird Day—and also celebrated the 20th anniversary of eBird!
Central American Global Big Day Challenges
For many Central American eBirders, the Global Big Days are absolute highlights on the year’s birding calendar. Each year, the number of checklists submitted in Central America during the May and October Big Days is higher than the year before, as birders come together to celebrate our passion.
