The contribution of citizen science to research on migratory and urban birds in Brazil

Barbosa, Karlla V. C.; Develey, Pedro F.; Ribeiro, Milton Cezar; Jahn, Alex E.

doi:10.1007/s43388-020-00031-0

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“…Regarding data availability and concentration, easily accessible areas (e.g. national parks, and urban green areas) have been shown to have a higher amount of animal presence records (Barbosa et al., 2021; Cambria et al., 2021; Tulloch et al., 2013). In spite of certain biases inherent in this data generation methodology (Callaghan et al., 2021; Hall et al., 2021; Luna et al., 2018), this information can be useful to model distribution, monitor migratory routes or altitudinal movements and assess diet or the presence of relevant species in certain regions as well as for the planning and conservation of species in cities (Appel & de Oliveira Porfirio, 2023; Barbosa et al., 2021; Liu et al., 2021; Randler, 2021; Sullivan et al., 2014).…”

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“…national parks, and urban green areas) have been shown to have a higher amount of animal presence records (Barbosa et al., 2021; Cambria et al., 2021; Tulloch et al., 2013). In spite of certain biases inherent in this data generation methodology (Callaghan et al., 2021; Hall et al., 2021; Luna et al., 2018), this information can be useful to model distribution, monitor migratory routes or altitudinal movements and assess diet or the presence of relevant species in certain regions as well as for the planning and conservation of species in cities (Appel & de Oliveira Porfirio, 2023; Barbosa et al., 2021; Liu et al., 2021; Randler, 2021; Sullivan et al., 2014). Most of these studies based on citizen science data have been conducted in North America and Europe, and to a lesser extent, in South American countries (Callaghan et al., 2021; DeGroote et al., 2021; Donnelly et al., 2014; Lees, 2016; Schubert et al., 2019).…”

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“…These global platforms, such as eBird (created in 2002) or iNaturalist (created in 2008), usually generate large volumes of data, for many species, at broad geographic scales, but with great heterogeneity and imprecision. At the other extreme, there are platforms created exclusively for certain local geographic areas and/or focused on particular species, which tend to be charismatic, rare, threatened and/or easily identified, where the interest and commitment of participants is often high (Appel & de Oliveira Porfirio, 2023; Barbosa et al., 2021; Dickinson et al., 2012; Hall et al., 2021). These projects, focused on more specific objectives, can generate more precise and detailed data on what is being investigated (Adreani et al., 2022; Hall et al., 2021; Randler, 2021; Sullivan et al., 2014), although reduced to one or a few species and to a single location, which may not have similar characteristics to other locations within the range of the same species.…”

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Comparing different citizen science platforms for collecting urban ecological data from Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Argentina

Schaaf,

Haag,

Gonzalez Baffa‐Trasci

et al. 2023

Austral Ecology

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Citizen science projects are valuable tools since they provide substantial amounts of data on different animal species. Currently, there are a wide variety of platforms and objectives for diverse citizen science projects. Despite these advances, the approaches and contributions of citizen science platforms for collecting data on a particular species, and in a specific site or region, have been poorly explored. Thus, in this article, we compare the number of participants and the amount of data collected by three platforms on the Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in San Salvador de Jujuy city, located in northwestern Argentina. This particular bird species is very charismatic and frequents urban areas all year round; so that, it is interesting to know what contributions (e.g. participant numbers, ecological and distribution data) are being made about this species on citizen science platforms. Thus, we examined data reported by two global citizen science platforms, iNaturalist and eBird, and one local platform, Tucanes en mi Jujuy (TEMJ). We found that the local, focal TEMJ project had a greater number of participants (n = 193), greater presence records (n = 614) and a wide spatial distribution of data in the city. In the iNaturalist and eBird platforms, the number of participants was smaller (n = 9 and 36, respectively), with fewer presence records (n = 12 and 178, respectively), and even fewer reports of species‐specific ecological data (feeding, behaviour and age). This reflected clear differences between the three platforms, as TEMJ not only reported more presence data but also more detailed information on age and behaviour. Based on this research, we highlight the commitment of citizens to this particular project and the study of species. Therefore, we recommend the implementation of new local and focal citizen science platforms for more detailed ecological data on other charismatic and focal species.

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Comparing different citizen science platforms for collecting urban ecological data from Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Argentina

Schaaf,

Haag,

Gonzalez Baffa‐Trasci

et al. 2023

Austral Ecology

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“…CS as a concept describes research conducted by non-professional scientists who are not institutionally employed in this field of science (as defined in the Greenbook Citizen Science; Bonn et al, 2017). The use of CS data is rapidly growing, especially in ornithology, and has been successfully used, e.g., for bird monitoring (de Camargo Barbosa et al, 2021), geographical distribution (de Jesus et al, 2021), and population trends (Neate-Clegg et al, 2020). Nevertheless, usage of CS data is not yet well established in ornithology (Weisshaupt et al, 2021) due to a lack of information and thus quality concerns about data availability, data bias, and data generation (Hochachka et al, 2012;Lukyanenko et al, 2016).…”

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Unravelling the Stability of Nightingale Song Over Time and Space Using Open, Citizen Science and Shared Data

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Open science approaches enable and facilitate the investigation of many scientific questions in bioacoustics, such as studies on the temporal and spatial evolution of song, as in vocal dialects. In contrast to previous dialect studies, which mostly focused on songbird species with a small repertoire, here we studied the common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), a bird species with a complex and large repertoire. To study dialects on the population level in this species, we used recordings from four datasets: an open museum archive, a citizen science platform, a citizen science project, and shared recordings from academic researchers. We conducted to the date largest temporal and geographic dialect study of birdsong including recordings from 1930 to 2019 and from 13 European countries, with a geographical coverage of 2,652 km of linear distance. To examine temporal stability and spatial dialects, a catalog of 1,868 song types of common nightingales was created. Instead of dialects, we found a high degree of stability over time and space in both, the sub-categories of song and in the occurrence of song types. For example, the second most common song type in our datasets occurred over nine decades and across Europe. In our case study, open and citizen science data proved to be equivalent, and in some cases even better, than data shared by an academic research group. Based on our results, we conclude that the combination of diverse and open datasets was particularly useful to study the evolution of song in a bird species with a large repertoire.

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“…There are two main citizen science platforms used by Brazilian bird watchers: eBird, an online repository for birdwatching records developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Sullivan et al 2009), and WikiAves, a Brazilian dataset of georeferenced avian photographs and sound recordings containing more than three million records of 1971 species. Recently, researchers have begun using WikiAves to study distribution and migration patterns of several Brazilian species (Lees and Martin 2015;Lees 2016;Klemann-Junior et al 2017;Somenzari et al 2018;DeGroote et al 2020;Barbosa et al 2021), demonstrating the utility and reliability of the dataset (Dália 2017; Schubert et al 2019). Leveraging the observations of citizens to better understand bird distribution and migration patterns (Greenwood 2007;Hurlbert and Liang 2012;Zelt et al 2012;Tulloch et al 2013;Loss et al 2015;Newson et al 2016) enables a geographic breadth of data collection that would otherwise be prohibitive due to the time and resources required.…”

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Distribution and migration phenology of Purple Martins (Progne subis) in Brazil

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Purple Martins (Progne subis) are Neotropical migratory birds that breed across North America and spend their nonbreeding season in South America, primarily Brazil. They have been in a long-term population decline over the last five decades. There are several suggested causes for the decline, but to begin understanding the conservation needs of this species, it is necessary first to fill existing knowledge gaps about migration timing, distribution, and habitat use in Brazil. The presence of this species across most of Brazil makes it difficult to keep track of seasonal or long-term changes in its distribution without careful, widespread data collection. Citizen science offers an emerging opportunity to address knowledge gaps of roost distribution and phenology. Here, we compiled Purple Martin records from citizen science platforms, scientific collections, and bibliography to produce an overview of the distribution and phenology of the species in Brazil. It is present in most Brazilian states, but records are concentrated in the Amazon region. Previously known large roosts in southeast Brazil, especially in the state of São Paulo, have decreased in number of individuals over the last decade. Most records are from September to April, although phenology varies with latitude. In the equatorial region (5°N-5°S), which is crossed by all populations that come to Brazil, the number of reports shows strong temporal variation, probably related to the timing of migration in different populations.

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The contribution of citizen science to research on migratory and urban birds in Brazil

Cited by 25 publications

References 42 publications

Comparing different citizen science platforms for collecting urban ecological data from Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Argentina

Comparing different citizen science platforms for collecting urban ecological data from Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Argentina

Unravelling the Stability of Nightingale Song Over Time and Space Using Open, Citizen Science and Shared Data

Distribution and migration phenology of Purple Martins (Progne subis) in Brazil

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