Citizen science data reveals the cryptic migration of the Common Potoo <i>Nyctibius griseus</i> in Brazil

DeGroote, Lucas W.; Hingst‐Zaher, Erika; Moreira‐Lima, Luciano; Whitacre, James; Slyder, Jacob B.; Wenzel, John W.

doi:10.1111/ibi.12904

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“…Citizen scientists have helped scientists understand population trends in which analyses require long-term studies and many observations. These include behavior, bioacoustics, breeding and reproductive success, evolutionary fitness, migration, occupancy, response to habitat modification, and the spread of diseases (Bhattacharjee 2005;DeGroote et al 2021;Kettel et al 2020;Barbosa et al 2021;Crates et al 2021;Gordo et al 2021). Advantages can come from combining traditional science with CS data because more observers result in larger sample sizes, that are necessary for precise estimations for many topics of study (Bhattacharjee 2005;Lees and Martin 2014;Van der Wal et al 2015;Marrocco et al 2019;DeGroote et al 2021;Robinson et al 2020;Hertzog et al 2021;Weisshaupt, Lehtiniemi, and Koistinen 2021).…”

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Bird Communities and Their Conservation Priorities are Better Understood through the Integration of Traditional and Citizen Science Data: An Example from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Farias¹,

Roper²,

Cavarzere

2022

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The status of endemic and threatened birds of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest remains poorly understood. Citizen science offers information that helps fill this gap. In southern Brazil, traditional science was carried out in 15 of 50 municipalities in western Paraná state, reporting 82 endemic and 25 threatened species in a total of 467. WikiAves, the most popular, photography-based online citizen science platform in Brazil, whose users are not trained to collect data, reported 56 endemic and 11 threatened species in a total of 430 in 48 municipalities. Together, the 512 species is 92% of the expected 558, and all endemic and threatened species reported in WikiAves were reported by traditional scientists. Traditional scientists studied in protected areas, provided a list of species, and reported > 200 species in 4 municipalities, endemic species in 14, and threatened species in 11. The number of species reported correlated with the number of studies in the municipality. Citizen scientists tended to photograph target species, and reported > 200 species in 2 municipalities, endemic species in 31, and threatened in 12. The number of records was correlated with population of the municipality. Traditional scientists tend to test hypotheses and use appropriate methods. Citizen scientists seem to photograph close to home, without using scientific methods. We offer suggestions to better integrate traditional and citizen science data; each adds information useful for both, improving both of their contributions to science and conservation.

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Bird Communities and Their Conservation Priorities are Better Understood through the Integration of Traditional and Citizen Science Data: An Example from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Farias¹,

Roper²,

Cavarzere

2022

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“…In many cases citizen scientists helped, e.g., to delimit the geographical distribution of a species, e.g., [ 15 , 16 ]; to find species for the first time in the country, e.g., [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ], in the continent, e.g., [ 21 , 22 , 23 ]; or even to discover new taxa, e.g., [ 21 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ]. Moreover, such observations allow to monitor migratory birds, e.g., [ 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]; rare and endangered species, e.g., [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]; expansion of pests, e.g., [ 20 , 39 , 40 ]; or alien and/or invasive species, e.g., [ 18 , 22 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ] as well as colonization of new human-made habitats, e.g., [ 51 ]. In addition, numerous studies show that data collected by amateur scientists allow to describe new interactions between species, e.g., [ 17 , 52 ], to investigate animal phenology, e.g., [ 53 ], and behavior, e.g., [ 54 ], to find changes in species abundance and demography, e.g., [ 55 <...>…”

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From Phenology and Habitat Preferences to Climate Change: Importance of Citizen Science in Studying Insect Ecology in the Continental Scale with American Red Flat Bark Beetle, Cucujus clavipes, as a Model Species

Jaskuła

Kolanowska

Michalski

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The American red flat bark beetle, Cucujus clavipes, is a wide distributed saproxylic species divided into two subspecies: ssp. clavipes restricted to eastern regions of North America and ssp. puniceus occurring only in western regions of this continent. Unique morphological features, including body shape and body coloration, make this species easy to recognize even for amateurs. Surprisingly, except some studies focused on physiological adaptations of the species, the ecology of C. clavipes was almost unstudied. Based on over 500 records collected by citizen scientists and deposited in the iNaturalist data base, we studied phenological activity of adult beetles, habitat preferences and impact of future climate change for both subspecies separately. The results clearly show that spp. clavipes and ssp. puniceus can be characterized by differences in phenology and macrohabitat preferences, and their ranges do not overlap at any point. Spp. clavipes is found as more opportunistic taxon occurring in different forests as well as in urban and agricultural areas with tree vegetation always in elevations below 500 m, while elevational distribution of ssp. puniceus covers areas up to 2300 m, and the beetle was observed mainly in forested areas. Moreover, we expect that climate warming will have negative influence on both subspecies with the possible loss of proper niches at level even up to 47–70% of their actual ranges during next few decades. As the species is actually recognized as unthreatened and always co-occurs with many other species, we suggest, because of its expected future habitat loss, to pay more attention to conservationists for possible negative changes in saproxylic insects and/or forest fauna in North America. In addition, as our results clearly show that both subspecies of C. clavipes differ ecologically, which strongly supports earlier significant morphological and physiological differences noted between them, we suggest that their taxonomical status should be verified by molecular data, because very probably they represent separate species.

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“…Community (or "citizen") science offers an emerging opportunity to address the knowledge gaps of roost distribution and phenology. Birding has increased in Brazil in the last decade, due to widespread use of data collection devices (e.g., smartphones), and citizen science is also becoming increasingly popular (DeGroote et al 2020). Online collaborative platforms provide a place where users can share and discuss their sightings.…”

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“…There are two main citizen science platforms used by Brazilian bird watchers: eBird, an online repository for birdwatching records developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Sullivan et al 2009), and WikiAves, a Brazilian dataset of georeferenced avian photographs and sound recordings containing more than three million records of 1971 species. Recently, researchers have begun using WikiAves to study distribution and migration patterns of several Brazilian species (Lees and Martin 2015;Lees 2016;Klemann-Junior et al 2017;Somenzari et al 2018;DeGroote et al 2020;Barbosa et al 2021), demonstrating the utility and reliability of the dataset (Dália 2017; Schubert et al 2019). Leveraging the observations of citizens to better understand bird distribution and migration patterns (Greenwood 2007;Hurlbert and Liang 2012;Zelt et al 2012;Tulloch et al 2013;Loss et al 2015;Newson et al 2016) enables a geographic breadth of data collection that would otherwise be prohibitive due to the time and resources required.…”

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Distribution and migration phenology of Purple Martins (Progne subis) in Brazil

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Purple Martins (Progne subis) are Neotropical migratory birds that breed across North America and spend their nonbreeding season in South America, primarily Brazil. They have been in a long-term population decline over the last five decades. There are several suggested causes for the decline, but to begin understanding the conservation needs of this species, it is necessary first to fill existing knowledge gaps about migration timing, distribution, and habitat use in Brazil. The presence of this species across most of Brazil makes it difficult to keep track of seasonal or long-term changes in its distribution without careful, widespread data collection. Citizen science offers an emerging opportunity to address knowledge gaps of roost distribution and phenology. Here, we compiled Purple Martin records from citizen science platforms, scientific collections, and bibliography to produce an overview of the distribution and phenology of the species in Brazil. It is present in most Brazilian states, but records are concentrated in the Amazon region. Previously known large roosts in southeast Brazil, especially in the state of São Paulo, have decreased in number of individuals over the last decade. Most records are from September to April, although phenology varies with latitude. In the equatorial region (5°N-5°S), which is crossed by all populations that come to Brazil, the number of reports shows strong temporal variation, probably related to the timing of migration in different populations.

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Citizen science data reveals the cryptic migration of the Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus in Brazil

Cited by 20 publications

References 38 publications

Bird Communities and Their Conservation Priorities are Better Understood through the Integration of Traditional and Citizen Science Data: An Example from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Bird Communities and Their Conservation Priorities are Better Understood through the Integration of Traditional and Citizen Science Data: An Example from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

From Phenology and Habitat Preferences to Climate Change: Importance of Citizen Science in Studying Insect Ecology in the Continental Scale with American Red Flat Bark Beetle, Cucujus clavipes, as a Model Species

Distribution and migration phenology of Purple Martins (Progne subis) in Brazil

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