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