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The Automatic Ornithologist is a bilingual website designed to predict avian species composition in the Amazon based on locality data. Utilizing a GIS platform linked to an extensive avian distribution database, it employs predictive modeling techniques to understand species occurrence, geographic range, and habitat use. Recognizing the challenges of incomplete surveys, the site aims to support scientific research in understanding species richness patterns and distributional boundaries, contributing to conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon.
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The Automatic Ornithologist: A New Website for Predicting Amazonian Bird Species Composition by Locality Mario Cohn-Haft (mario@buriti.com.br) Rolf A. de By Catherine L. Bechtoldt Kleberson J. A. Serique José Laurindo Campos dos Santos
Describe site species composition: Survey/inventory 2. Extrapolation/interpolation: Predictive modeling
Surveys incomplete No. species Time
Predictive bird species occurrence Geographic range Habitat use
Predicting bird species occurrence: Geographic range Habitat use We know this for birds!
Predicting bird species occurrence: Geographic range Ridgely maps in Infonatura (2007) www.natureserve.org/infonatura 2. Habitat use Parker database in Stotz et al. (1996) Neotropical Birds
The Automatic Ornithologist O Ornitólogo Automático
The Automatic Ornithologist • Bilingual website: • On-line GIS platform • Linked to avian distribution database • Using free software O Ornitólogo Automático
Data quality? Geographic range Ridgely maps in Infonatura (2007) www.natureserve.org/infonatura 2. Habitat use Parker database in Stotz et al. (1996) Neotropical Birds 3. Taxonomy Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos (CBRO)
Data quality? Geographic range Ridgely maps in Infonatura (2007) www.natureserve.org/infonatura 2. Habitat use Parker database in Stotz et al. (1996) Neotropical Birds 3. Taxonomy Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos (CBRO)
Data quality? Geographic range Ridgely maps in Infonatura (2007) www.natureserve.org/infonatura 2. Habitat use Parker database in Stotz et al. (1996) Neotropical Birds 3. Taxonomy Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos (CBRO)
Data quality? Geographic range Ridgely maps in Infonatura (2007) www.natureserve.org/infonatura 2. Habitat use Parker database in Stotz et al. (1996) Neotropical Birds 3. Taxonomy Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos (CBRO)
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Who will use? What for? Scientific research