occurrence data Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

The future of Harpy Eagle habitat

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-16T15:11:40+00:0018 May 2023|birds of prey, climate change, Conservation, distribution, occurrence data|

Different climate change scenarios predict a dramatic decline in range size.

Short-distance migrants cope better with climate change

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-26T12:32:25+00:0030 Jun 2022|citizen science, climate change, Migration, occurrence data, phenology, raptors, short-distance migration, temperature, wintering|

American Kestrels migrating over short distances arrive earlier at their breeding grounds.

Nest-switching Storks

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-04-15T09:02:32+00:0021 Apr 2022|behaviour, bird movements, Breeding, displacement, Genetics, gps tags, movement, nest monitoring, nestlings, occurrence data, population dynamics, ringing, tracking|

What is the best method to quantify the frequency of nest-switching?

Urban raptors are small(-ish) generalists

By Daniel S. Cooper|2022-03-20T16:13:14+00:0021 Mar 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, citizen science, ecology, IBIS, modelling, occurrence data, open source, plumage, population structure, raptors|

Community science data from cities on multiple continents reveal size and ecological traits that correspond to urban abundance

Citizen science vs. professional bird databases

By Sofia Galván|2022-01-27T12:10:06+00:0024 Jan 2022|citizen science, data repository, early-career researcher, ECR, museum collections, occurrence data, open source, volunteers|

Detecting and controlling individual biases is essential in all kinds of databases

Do occurrence data predict nest sites?

By Frank Fogarty|2021-11-15T10:34:05+00:008 Nov 2021|Breeding, ecology, grassland, grassland birds, habitat, IBIS, modelling, nesting, occurrence data, passerines, selection, steppe birds|

Occurrence data are easy to collect, but can they provide information about nesting habitat?