Better data accessibility and networking means better decision making
Our network brings together avian data under a shared banner for convenient open access.
With the help of these partner portals…
NatureCounts
A national database for summarized natural inventory, bird monitoring, and occurrence data.
Visit Portal
WildTrax
An international database and processing tool for avian data, including recordings, metadata, and IDs.
Visit PortalOur accessible data works towards
Enhancing avian conservation and knowledge in Canada
This leads to…
Supporting Policy & Legislation
Sustainable stewardship decisions rely on reliable, rigorous data and information.
Identifying, Restoring, and Protecting Habitats
Open, accessible information democratizes conversations about shared natural resources.
Adapting Industrial Practices
Data aggregation makes it easier for land-users to incorporate the latest information.
Definitions
For the purposes of CanAvian, we define several key terms and concepts as follows:
Collaborators
Organizations that share a common core purpose, approach, and commitment to the network’s core vision. Collaboration with CanAvian can be achieved through one or more of the following mechanisms:
- Operating an avian data portal that fills a need within the open data workflow for bird data within Canada
- Hosting a large, aggregated dataset of bird data representing multiple organizations, which is contributed to one of the outlined data portals
- Being a founding member and/or funder of CanAvian
Each collaborator elects one representative to the CanAvian Steering Committee.
Steering Committee
The Committee is responsible for ensuring progress is made against the network’s Mission and Vision and provides guidance on CanAvian operations; the Committee is composed of members representing the collaborating and founding organizations.
Data
Quantitative, observation-based datasets of avian occurrence, abundance, and distribution and their associated metadata, collected through research and monitoring.
Information
Products, tools, and publications that summarize data in order to increase its accessibility and use.
Data portal
An online platform hosted by a collaborating organization that holds avian data and provides public access to datasets.
Data contributor
A data owner who has contributed their data to a collaborating organization and who has data available within one of the networked portals.
Data user
A person who accesses, discovers and downloads or uses data or information from a data portal within the CanAvian network to use in their own analyses, research, or applications or to support decision-making
Explore Data
Explore avian data through our collaborators’ portals
We support multiple formats of avian data including avian point count data, autonomous recording unit data, occurrence data, and remote camera data.
Explore Data