Macroecological Analysis of Bird Migration Routes in North America Using eBird Data: Beta Diversity Perspective

Bird migration routes across North America, which are often speculated upon at the microscale, are now subject to scrutiny using the ‘eBird’ database, the world’s largest data repository for the North American continent. This database has steadily accumulated data on resident and migratory birds, wi...

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Published inDiversity (Basel) Vol. 17; no. 8; p. 529
Main Authors Park, Chang-Eon, Park, Hee-Cheon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2025
Subjects
Big Data
Biological diversity
Bird migration
Data analysis
Datasets
Migratory birds
Regions
Trends
United States
North America
Hawaii
Canada
Saskatchewan Canada
Mississippi
United States > US
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Summary:Bird migration routes across North America, which are often speculated upon at the microscale, are now subject to scrutiny using the ‘eBird’ database, the world’s largest data repository for the North American continent. This database has steadily accumulated data on resident and migratory birds, with annual data on both potentially revealing regional trends. Through analysis of eBird data accumulated since 1980, we identified regional trends indicating bird migration patterns across North America, delineating three primary regions within the North American flyway: the western, central and eastern flyways, with the latter further subdivided into three regions. These findings refine previous categorisations of the four major flyways, deepening our understanding of bird migration dynamics in North America.
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ISSN:1424-2818
1424-2818
DOI:10.3390/d17080529