<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Interesting conversation and I appreciate the discussion. </div><div><br></div><div>Per current ebird protocol for endangered species being reported on ebird:</div><div><br></div><div>========================================================================</div><div><h3 dir="ltr" id="m_-1249647945975214785gmail-How-are-Sensitive-Species-defined?" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:30.625px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">How are Sensitive Species defined?</strong></h3><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">eBird consults with our local partners worldwide in order to develop our<span> </span><a href="https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000803210-sensitive-species-in-ebird#anchorSSList" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,117,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">list of Sensitive Species</a>. Sensitive Species in eBird conform to these guidelines:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;margin:8px 0px 4px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:17px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px">Sensitive Species are formally recommended by a partner or published source, and rationale for the listing is stored at eBird.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px">Sensitive Species in eBird are those for which demonstrable harm could occur from public display of site-level records, including (but not limited to): 1) targeted capture for the cage bird trade; 2) targeted hunting; 3) targeted disturbance of nests, roosts, or individual birds from birdwatchers or photographers. Species that are rare but are not under pressure from targeted human exploitation or disturbance generally are not considered Sensitive.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px">In many, but not all, cases, a Sensitive Species has formal listing as an Endangered or Threatened species either on a local priority list or by the IUCN (<a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/" rel="noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,117,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">http://www.iucnredlist.org/</a>).</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px">Sensitive Species are implemented primarily at the global scale, but regional and seasonal treatments are applied in some cases.</p></li></ul></div><div>========================================================================<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Given this information, it appears that local knowledge is what will add a locally (or globally) endangered species to the list of ebird sensitive species in lieu of a published paper or listing by the IUCN. Rachel, sounds like your guide needs to notify eBird administrators (or local ebird reviewers?) to get the species added to the list.</div><div><br></div><div>I was on an international birding trip in pre-p January of 2020 and we recorded a species that, unbeknownst to me, was an endangered species. When I returned home, I ebirded the entire trip. Another birder who was going to visit the same country asked me if I had seen the species and I said yes and forwarded the ebird report to him. He told me the species wasn't on it which made me realize that the species was e-bird sensitive and only I could see it (I looked at my ebird report and it stated "sensitive" after the listed species). The location where I ebirded wasnt blurred though so anybody could see the location.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Keep your eyes and ears skyward!</div><div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div>Battle Ground, WA</div><div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;margin:8px 0px 4px;list-style-position:outside;line-height:17px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:18px;margin:0px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:18px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;padding-top:4px"><br></p></li></ul></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 9:40 PM Rachel Lawson <<a href="mailto:rwlawson5593@outlook.com" target="_blank">rwlawson5593@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks, Dave, I am glad to hear that eBird is working on this. The system is not working for this bustard though. We just looked at eBird reports from the place we saw the bustard, and there is a report from the very same spot for the following day. It will
all depend on how eBird defines a "sensitive species". Though these bustards are now very scarce and under a lot of pressure, eBird is still making the reports public. Unfortunately, more and more species are becoming vulnerable. How can eBird deal with
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<div dir="auto">Depending on the species and location, this fortunately might not be true anymore.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 25, 2022, 19:15 Rachel Lawson <<a href="mailto:rwlawson5593@outlook.com" target="_blank">rwlawson5593@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I just got back from a tour during which we saw a single bustard of a species that is vulnerable to extinction. Our guide told us not to report this individual on eBird because Saudi Arabian falconers read the reports and, within days, will arrive and kill
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