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Experiences from mapping birds
Colin Bibby
BirdLife International
A conservation rationale
• Establish priorities
Species - Red Lists etc
Habitats, biomes - ecosystem approach
Key sites - protected areas etc
• Diagnose threats
• Plan actions
• Take actions
• Monitor and feedback
Red listing data requirements
• Range (extent of occurrence or area of occupancy)
• Numbers (density x range)
• Trends (in numbers or range)
• Habitats may help to infer the above
Red Data Books - Threatened Birds of Asia
Data points in Threatened Birds of Asia
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
all records (Asia RDB)
Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnontus zeylanicus
all records (Asia RDB)
Threatened Birds of the World
Distribution of globally threatened birds
Mapping species in Endemic Bird Areas
Known current
Probable current
Historic
Possible
Xanthopsar flavus
Dryocopus galeatus
Endemic Bird Areas of the World
WWF Global 200
Conservation International Hotspots
BirdLife Endemic Bird Areas
BirdLife, WWF & CI overlap
EBAs
CI
WWF
Imperilled species in the USA (TNC)
Scale and resolution
Efficient studies
Efficient studies
Important Bird Areas in Europe
Site networks for species
Important Bird Areas
Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
European Atlas
Access to information
• Specimen labels
• Research papers
• Monographs
• Field guides
• Conservation reviews
• Country and language
• Web access
Summary points
• Information fit for purpose
• Participation and process
• Linkages and synergy
• Audit and validation
• Openness of access
• Metadata and standards
• Scale - blob maps, localities, sites