April 4th, 2019
Promotion of complete lists and improving coverage in Portugal
The main online portal used by ornithologists and birdwatchers in Portugal is PortugalAves eBird. Since 2004 the Portuguese Society for Bird Protection (SPEA) has officially adopted this portal for their monitoring projects.
Although PortugalAves eBird promotes the use of complete lists, with an annual average of 73% since 2010, the use of complete lists and coverage is unbalanced across the country – better coverage and use of complete lists in the coastal regions. With this is mind, and thanks to the support of the LIFE EBP Project, in 2017 a campaign was launched to promote participation in areas poorly surveyed and simultaneously the use of complete lists.
Number of complete and no complete lists (casual records) submitted annually on the PortugalAves eBird in Portugal since 2010 .
Thanks to this campaign, the number of complete lists has increased by 15% in Beja district (Southern Portugal) to 36% in Guarda district (Northern Portugal). Besides the increase on the number of complete lists submitted, there was also an increase in coverage, which in the end resulted in more and better data submitted to the EBP Project.
Number of complete and no complete lists (casual records) submitted annually on the PortugalAves eBird in Guarda district (Portugal) since 2010.
Number of complete and no complete lists (casual records) submitted annually on the PortugalAves eBird in Beja district (Portugal) since 2010 .
