Name:
eBird
Name (fi):
eBird
Name (sv):
eBird
Unofficial abbreviation:
EBIRD
Type:
Incidental observations
Description:
eBird Observational Dataset (EOD) accessed though GBIF. The EOD contains basic occurrence data including species, date, and location. Additional metadata associated with these observations, including sampling event data (such as effort), are not included. Observer names have been anonymized.

eBird publishes a new version of the data once per 1-2 years.

More information: https://ebird.org/science/download-ebird-data-products
Description (fi):
eBird Observational Dataset (EOD), joka on haettu GBIF:n kautta. EOD sisöltää havaintojen perustietoja, kuten lajin, päivämäärän ja sijainnin. Data ei sisällä lisätietoja kuten havaintotapahtuman tehokkuutta. Havainnoijien nimet on anonymisoitu.

eBird julkaisee uuden version datasta kerran 1-2 vuodessa.

Lisää tietoa: https://ebird.org/science/download-ebird-data-products
Taxonomic coverage:
Aves
Temporal coverage:
1800-
Geographic coverage:
Finland
Methods:
eBird and methods are described in: Sullivan, B.L., C.L. Wood, M.J. Iliff, R.E. Bonney, D. Fink, and S. Kelling. 2009. eBird: a citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences. Biological Conservation 142: 2282-2292.
License for use:
Creative Commons Zero
Publisher name (en):
eBird
Download request handler (0):
MA.9
Download request handler:
MA.3
Download request handler:
MA.167
Download request handler:
MA.44
Size (approx.):
528000
% digitized (approx.):
100
Person responsible:
Matti Sahla
Location of data and backups:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Citation recommendation:
eBird. 2020. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Accessed through GBIF Occurrence Downloads https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3uxqf9 (25 October 2023) and https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.h7j9ye (30 October 2023)
Status of this metadata:
comprehensive
Contact email:
info@laji.fi
Data quality description:
Observations can be submitted by anyone, and are reviewed by eBird volunteer reviewers that possess expert knowledge of local birds, their distributions and abundances.

Coordinates have no accuracy information. Typically coordinates refer to the center point of a larger observation area.
Collection quality:
Expert hobbyists / expert curated
Share to FEO:
true
Notes about the data:
Converted from GBIF DwC format to FinBIF DwC format using conversion.py, which is stored at https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/luomusict/eBird+data+to+DW
Bounding box latitude min (WGS84):
59.142200
Bounding box latitude max (WGS84):
70.083890
Bounding box longitude min (WGS84):
19.230660
Bounding box longitude max (WGS84):
31.407380