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Suresh Kumar
November 14, 2024
Join us for a presentation by Suresh Kumar, Senior Scientist in the Department of Endangered Species Management at the Wildlife Institute of India on the result of his studies tracking fine-scale movements and migration of the Amur Falcon.
Tomas
November 14, 2024
En este webinar, TOMÁS RIVAS FUENZALIDA, presidente e investigador principal de la Fundación Ñankulafkén presenta un resumen sobre los nuevos hallazgos para este particular grupo de aves.
November 14, 2024
Join us for the February Birds of the World (BOW) Discovery webinar on Integrative Taxonomy featuring Per Alström Date: Thursday, 20 February 2025 Time: 12:00 PM ET Length: 1.5 hours REGISTER NOW Integrative taxonomy – which involves using multiple independent datasets, such as morphology (plumage and biometrics), vocalizations, other behaviors, DNA, and ecology to assess […]
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BOW Team October 17, 2024
The latest eBird/Clements avian taxonomy has been released, though things are still settling out. This year’s update involved 141 species gained through splits, 16 lumps, and three newly recognized species along with hundreds of updates to nomenclature, subspecies revisions, and other changes.
Avian Taxonomy 2024
BOW Team October 17, 2024
The 2024 taxonomy updates will be available in Birds of the World, eBird, Merlin, and Macaulay Library in November, 2024. Join Shawn, Pam, and Marshall as they discuss these changes in depth.
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John C. Mittermeier, American Bird Conservancy October 15, 2024
2 Oct 2024 | The Search for Lost Birds project The Unicolored Thrush won’t grab your attention with flashy colors or an exciting name, but what it lacks in plumage pattern it makes up for in rarity and intrigue. Endemic to the lowlands of northern Bolivia, this unusual bird is so difficult to find and so poorly-known […]
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October 11, 2024
This special 3-part eBird Status and Trends Workshop is targeted to those familiar with using R. Attendees will be introduced to the range of data provided by the eBird Status and Trends Data Products as well as the suite of tools and online training material available for working with the data.
BOW is now in Spanish!
BOW Team October 8, 2024
This game-changing new feature promises to make the science content available in BOW accessible to new audiences throughout the world.
September 4, 2024
An uplifting story about birds as powerful indicator species for wildlife and habitat conservation. Dr.
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Katie Doke Sawatzky August 27, 2024
The rarely glimpsed Mussau Triller was documented for the first time in 44 years.
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