Experiences from mapping birds

Colin Bibby

BirdLife International

• Establish priorities

Species - Red Lists etc

Habitats, biomes - ecosystem approach

Key sites - protected areas etc

• Diagnose threats

• Plan actions

• Take actions

• Monitor and feedback

A conservation rationale

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 albicollisall records (Asia RDB)

Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnontus zeylanicusall records (Asia RDB)

Threatened Birds of the World

Distribution of globally threatened birds

Mapping species in Endemic Bird Areas

Xanthopsar flavus

Dryocopus galeatus

Known current

Probable current

Historic

Possible

Endem ic B ird A reas of the W orld

WWF Global 200

Conservation International Hotspots

BirdLife Endemic Bird Areas

BirdLife, WWF & CI overlap

EBAs

WWF

CI

Imperilled species in the USA (TNC)

Scale and resolution

Efficient studies

Efficient studies

Important Bird Areas in Europe

Site networks for species

Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Important Bird Areas

European Atlas

Access to information

• Specimen labels

• Research papers

• Monographs

• Field guides

• Conservation reviews

• Country and language

• Web access

• Information fit for purpose

• Participation and process

• Linkages and synergy

• Audit and validation

• Openness of access

• Metadata and standards

• Scale - blob maps, localities, sites

Summary points