EXPERIENCES OF SURVEYING URBAN BIRDS DURING THE ANTHROPAUSE IN COLOMBIA

Enrique Arbeláez-Cortés; Camilo E. Sánchez-Sarria; David Ocampo; Felipe A. Estela; Michelle García-Arroyo; Ian MacGregor-Fors

doi:10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.841

EXPERIENCES OF SURVEYING URBAN BIRDS DURING THE ANTHROPAUSE IN COLOMBIA

Enrique Arbeláez-Cortés, Camilo E. Sánchez-Sarria, David Ocampo, Felipe A. Estela, Michelle García-Arroyo, Ian MacGregor-Fors

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The COVID-19 lockdowns set a singular opportunity to perform scientific research in idle cities. The expected changes in urban ecology led us to conform a community composed of several volunteers which, following standardized protocols, conducted structured bird surveys across Colombia. We describe the process and experience of this initiative, conducted between 30 March and 30 June, 2020, and discuss recommendations to apply to future projects. The volunteer-based survey that we organized began with 93 collaborators in 40 urban centers, but ended with just 45 collaborators from 22 urban centers. Some issues that probably explain the drop in collaborators are commented on. This exercise was successful, gathering over 75,000 bird records of at least 250 bird species.

Translated title of the contribution	Experiencias de tomas de datos de aves urbanas durante la antropopausa en Colombia
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	166-169
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ornitologia Neotropical
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.841
State	Published - 2021

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Bird surveys
COVID-19 lockdown
Monitoring biodiversity
Urban ecology

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