Export data to eBird

Overview | Geographic Scope | Requirements | Process | Privacy

Overview

eBird is a scientific database that collects bird observations primarily from the Western Hemisphere. The data is then available to scientific and conservation organizations around the world, becoming part of the global conversation on birds, their habitats, their distribution, and their future. Birdstack users have the opportunity to easily contribute relevant and qualifying data to eBird.

When you are viewing any of your lists, click on "Export" and then click the eBird link on the export page.

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Geographic Scope

Birdstack users can export data from the Western Hemisphere and New Zealand to eBird. More specifically, observations from the following countries and territories can be exported: Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Baker Island, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Howland Island, Jamaica, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Martinique, Mexico, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palmyra Atoll, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wake Island.

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Requirements

Because eBird is a scientific database, there are certain requirements for the records submitted. Your Birdstack records must meet the following requirements to be exported:

  1. Records must have complete dates.
  2. Records must have a valid country name that falls within the geographic scope of the project.
  3. Records must have latitude/longitude coordinates of sufficient precision:
    1. Geocoded from the name of a city, town, or village.
    2. Typed in manually by the user.
    3. Derived from a click on the map (with a zoom level of at least 10).
  4. Records must not have been exported to eBird already.

Remember, the more detail you can provide (number of individuals observed, effort and area covered, etc.), the more useful your data will be to the scientists who use eBird.

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Process

From any of your lists, click on the "Export" link and then follow the instructions for eBird export. If none of the records in your list qualify for eBird, you will not be able to export any records. If some or all of the records do qualify, then download the CSV file.

Next, log in to eBird (or create an account if you don't have one already), and click on "Submit Observations." Then follow the instructions for uploading your file. When asked for the format of the file, select "eBird Record Format (Extended)."

Your previously generated CSV files remain accessible through the eBird link on your "My Observations" page.

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Privacy

Private observations and private locations are included in your eBird export files.

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