Occurrence dataset Registered April 25, 2023
Birda - Global Observation Dataset
Description
Occurrences of Animalia Chordata Aves recorded by users of the Birda mobile app (https://birda.org).
Species data use the IOC taxonomy (https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/).
Data imported into Birda from external sources (e.g. other birding apps) are excluded from this dataset to avoid the potential duplication of records that may have been previously published to the GBIF by another organisation.
Occurrences deemed unreliable or suspicious are excluded from the dataset (see the section on quality control for further details).
Geographic scope
- Description
Global
- Latitude
- From -77.844 to 81.117
- Longitude
- From -177.389 to 179.368
Temporal scope
- range
- April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025
Methodology
- Sampling
Field observation by users of the Birda mobile app.
- Study extent
Worldwide
- Quality control
Occurrences that meet both of the following criteria are flagged as "unconfirmed" by Birda's automated sighting verification service and are excluded from the data submission until they have been manually verified by an expert in avian taxonomy:
the location of the occurrence falls outside of the distribution for that species as defined by Birdlife Internationalthere are few recorded occurrences of the species in that location- Method steps
Users log a sighting or record a session (a collection of sightings) using the Birda mobile app.
Metrics
Contacts
- Organization
- Birda
- Position
- Co-founder/CEO
- Address
- 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London
- Roles
- Originator
Metadata author
Administrative point of contact
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- April 25, 2023
- Metadata last modified
- August 08, 2025
- Publication date
- August 08, 2025
- Hosted by
- Birda
- Installation
- birda-production
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/6kud7x
- Alternative identifiers