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The Bird Migration Explorer, launched on September 2022, is an online tool that allows visitors to track the journeys of more than 450 migratory birds that regularly occur in the United States and ...
eBird is an online database of bird observations providing scientists, researchers and amateur naturalists with real-time data about bird distribution and abundance. Originally restricted to sightings from the Western Hemisphere , the project expanded to include New Zealand in 2008, [ 1 ] and again expanded to cover the whole world in June 2010.
A new online atlas of bird migration, published on Thursday, draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the ...
Birds of the World is a subscription-access database that aims to describe comprehensive life history information on birds. This includes: [1] Species accounts Details on taxonomy, habitat, breeding, diet, and behaviors; Family accounts; Hybrid and subspecies descriptions and photos; Migration and range maps; IUCN Conservation Status ...
Number of current bird species with suitable climate in park during summer (from National Park Service Inventory & Monitoring data and eBird observation), according to Audubon: 143.
In North America, this and the related loggerhead shrike are commonly known as butcherbirds for their habit of impaling prey on thorns or spikes. [5] A folk name from Michigan is winter butcherbird. [6] The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation people of Old Crow, Yukon call it Tzi kwut go katshi lyi. [7] As a passerine, or song bird, it has no talons.
Waterfowl flyways in the United States. The Atlantic Flyway is in violet. The Atlantic Flyway is a major north-south flyway for migratory birds in North America. The route generally starts in Greenland, then follows the Atlantic coast of Canada, then south down the Atlantic Coast of the United States to the tropical areas of South America and the Caribbean. [1]
The northern parula is one of the smaller North American migratory warblers, often being one of the smallest birds in a mixed feeding flock besides kinglets or gnatcatchers. Length is 10.8 to 12.4 cm (4.3 to 4.9 in), wingspan is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) and body mass is 5 to 11 g (0.18 to 0.39 oz). [ 3 ]