0202410211142

Aussie Bird Count Description: The Aussie Bird Count is an activity for all-ages that involves observing and counting the birds that live near you.

4,240,648 birds were counted in the last count 14-20 October 2024, with more than 104,000 checklists submitted.

Four simple steps to take part: 1. 20 minutes. Just spend 20 minutes in your favourite outdoor space and tell us about the birds you see during that period. 2. Count the birds. You can submit your results using the app or the web form. 3. Bird Finder. There’s a built-in “bird finder” tool to help you identify birds you’re unsure of. 4. Submit your count. You can count as many times as you want. Every count helps.

20-minutes is the standard period for a BirdLife Australia bird survey. Keeping in line with other BirdLife Australia bird surveys and having everyone counting for the same time means the data we receive will be more scientifically robust, allowing us to use it in our conservation efforts. If you wanted to count for one-hour, we would like you to submit three consecutive 20-minute counts.

The Aussie Bird Count is brought to you by BirdLife Australia, the nation's premier independent bird conservation organisation.
STARDIT ID: 0202410211142

Dates

State ongoing
Start 2014-10-12
Form updated 2024-10-21

Report authors

Nicola Grobler (link)
Main report author

Location

Australia

URL

https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

Aims

Providing BirdLife Australia with a snapshot of Australian birds at the same time each year allows us to look at the trends in our bird communities from year to year.

Keywords

bird survey

citizen science

bird count

Category

management/monitoring

Inputs

organisation

BirdLife Australia (link)

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Task: Hosts

individual

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Task: Volunteers

Outputs and impacts

dataset (open)

Yearly datasets with a snapshot of Australian BirdLife released by Birdlife Australia

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https://birdlife.org.au/news/2023-aussie-bird-count-results/