Breeding distribution of farmland birds (EBBA LIVE)

Farmland birds in Europe have broadly shown significant decreases over the last decades. This dataset examines 50 farmland birds of the following families: Accipitridae, Alaudidae, Ardeidae, Burhinidae, Charadriidae, Ciconiidae, Columbidae, Coracidae, Corvidae, Emberizidae, Falconidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Laniidae, Muscicapidae, Motacillidae, Otididae, Passeridae, Phasianidae, Pteroclidae, Rallidae, Scolopacidae, Strigidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, and Upupidae. The observational data are derived from harmonized multi-year monitoring programs at national and regional levels, integrated through the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS). The dataset provides high-resolution breeding distribution maps at a 10x10 km scale. We validated the distribution maps with test data from PECBMS. We used a cross-validation method to find AUC and TSS metrics for each species. The dataset aligns with EU policy reporting requirements, such as Article 12 of the Birds Directive, assessing changes in breeding bird distributions over two five-year periods (2013-2017 and 2018-2022), providing valuable insights for conservation efforts and policy evaluation. This dataset was produced as part of the EuropaBON Birds Directive Showcase, contributing to EBBA Life, and funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003553.