2021_2022_E4_EBIRD_30spp_SEASONAL_BirdDistribution_WMV_hosts

Abstract A series of weekly bird abundance distribution datasets is now available from EBIRD (https://science.ebird.org/en/status-and-trends). ERGO has processed these data in several tranches to provide weekly species richness and weekly aggregated abundance indices at 3km resolution. Data for thirty species have now been processed. These species have been selected as being West Nile Virus hosts, using literature search, inference from mosquito WNV vector blood meals and from bird serology reports. The two tranches are a) all 30 selected species and b) the top 15 E4Warning priority species . Details are provided in the accompanying Excel Spreadsheet (e4ebird readmeJune24.xls). Description This dataset has been requested for 'the Horizon e4Warning project on mapping and modelling West Nile Virus Disease and its Hosts' then been downloaded from ebird.org and it includes weekly abundance geospatial tifs for 30 species: weekly presence weekly species richness week abundance sum Data obtained from Ebird https://science.ebird.org/en/status-and-trends/species/ Species Names: Species English Name filname code Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher comkin1 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard mallar3 Anser anser Graylag Gose gragoo Athene noctua Little Owl litowl1 Bulbulcus ibis Cattle Egret categr Buteo buteo Common Buzzard combuz1 Columba palumbus Commin Wood Piegon cowpig Corvus cornix Hooded Crow hoocro1 Corvus corone cornix Carrion Crow carcro1 Corvus monedula Eurasian Jackdaw eurjac Cyanistes caeruleus Blue Tit blutit Egretta garzetta (Little Egret) litegr Eremophila alpestris Horned Lark horlar Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Kestrel eurkes Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay eurjay1 Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow barswa Larus argentatus Herring Gull hergul Lulua arborea Woodlark woolar1 Luscinia Luscinia Thrush Nightinglae thrnig1 Luscinia megarhynchos Common nightingale comnig1 Passer domesticus (including Passer italiae and Passer hispaniolensis) House Sparrow houspa Pica pica Eurasian Magpie eurmag1 Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared Dove eucdov Turdus merula Eurasian Blackbird eurbla Ciconia ciconia White Stork whisto1 Sturnus vulgaris European Starling eursta Sylvia atricapilla Eurasian Bl;ackcap blackc1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus Common Reed Warbler eurwar1 Fulica atra Eurasian Coot eurcoo Columba livia Rock Pigeon rocpig Gallus gallus Domestic chicken File Names: a) e4ebirdabundanceall30weeklyJune24 All weekly abundance datasets for 30 availablke spp at 3km resolution, June 24 b) e4ebirdPAall30weeklyJune24 Presence absence with missing recoded to 0 for all 30 species available in June 24. This recoding is based of ad hoc checks of weekly datasets against the birdlife species ranges, which suggest that the maximum extents of combined weekly abundance distributions match the rage boundares fairly well c) e4ebirdspprichnessall23SUMMEANweeklyFeb24 Summed and mean weekly presence absence for 23 available species calc Feb24. If a species in missing a weekly dataset, missing weeks are filled with last valid presence week up to halfway through the gap in availability, then with the first available distribution after the gap d) e4ebirdspprichnesse415SUMMEANweeklyJun24 Summed and mean weekly presence absence for e4 15 priority species calc June 24. If a species in missing a weekly dataset, missing weeks are filled with last valid presence week up to halfway through the gap in availability, then with the first available distribution after the gap e) e4ebirdspprichnessall30SUMMEANweeklyJun24 Summed and mean weekly presence absence for 30 available species calc June 24. If a species in missing a weekly dataset, missing weeks are filled with last valid presence week up to halfway through the gap in availability, then with the first available distribution after the gap f) e4ebirdabundanceall30summeanweekJun24 Summed and mean weekly median abundance for 30 available species calc June 24. If a species in missing a weekly dataset, missing weeks are filled with last valid presence week up to halfway through the gap in availability, then with the first available distribution after the gap g) e4ebirdeabundance415summeanweekJun24 Summed and mean weekly median abundance for e4 15 priority species calc June 24. If a species in missing a weekly dataset, missing weeks are filled with last valid presence week up to halfway through the gap in availability, then with the first available distribution after the gap