Main causes of bird-window collisions: a review

Basilio, Lay G.; Moreno, Daniele Janina; Piratelli, Augusto João

doi:10.1590/0001-3765202020180745

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“…Avian collisions with windows are an issue of importance to global conservation as perhaps up to a billion birds die each year when they fly into closed windows ( Klem, 2014 ; Loss et al, 2014 ; Loss, Will & Marra, 2015 ; Ocampo-Peñuela et al, 2016 ; Schneider et al, 2018 ) and the problem is geographically widespread ( Basilio, Moreno & Piratelli, 2020 ). Though external window treatments are generally affordable they can be expensive to apply if not affixed to windows at the time of building construction.…”

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Ultraviolet-reflective film applied to windows reduces the likelihood of collisions for two species of songbird

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Emerson

Thady

et al. 2020

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Perhaps a billion birds die annually from colliding with residential and commercial windows. Therefore, there is a societal need to develop technologies that reduce window collisions by birds. Many current window films that are applied to the external surface of windows have human-visible patterns that are not esthetically preferable. BirdShades have developed a short wavelength (ultraviolet) reflective film that appears as a slight tint to the human eye but should be highly visible to many bird species that see in this spectral range. We performed flight tunnel tests of whether the BirdShades external window film reduced the likelihood that two species of song bird (zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata and brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater) collide with windows during daylight. We paid particular attention to simulate the lighting conditions that birds will experience while flying during the day. Our results indicate a 75–90% reduction in the likelihood of collision with BirdShades-treated compared with control windows, in forced choice trials. In more ecologically relevant comparison between trials where all windows were either treated or control windows, the estimated reduction in probability of collision was 30–50%. Further, both bird species slow their flight by approximately 25% when approaching windows treated with the BirdShades film, thereby reducing the force of collisions if they were to happen. Therefore, we conclude that the BirdShades external window film will be effective in reducing the risk of and damage caused to populations and property by birds’ collision with windows. As this ultraviolet-reflective film has no human-visible patterning to it, the product might be an esthetically more acceptable low cost solution to reducing bird-window collisions. Further, we call for testing of other mitigation technologies in lighting and ecological conditions that are more similar to what birds experience in real human-built environments and make suggestions for testing standards to assess collision-reducing technologies.

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Ultraviolet-reflective film applied to windows reduces the likelihood of collisions for two species of songbird

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Emerson

Thady

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“…Citizens may collect records of bird collisions from newspapers, verbal communication, online forums and blog posts without any scientific purposes. However, these data retrieved from citizen scientists can be used to publish significant results regarding risk factors and bird collision patterns in scientific journals ( Basilio et al 2020 Rebolo-Ifrán et al 2019 ). Although the quality of data produced from citizen scientists has long been a concern due to the lack of quality control processes ( Kosmala et al 2016 ), Bird Window Collision data have been successfully collected and passed the inner quality control process of EcoBank within a research project through EcoBank (Fig.…”

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EcoBank: A flexible database platform for sharing ecological data

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Yoon²,

Kim³

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Environmental crisis challenges the human race harder than ever before. Ecologists have produced a massive amount of data to cope with the crisis. Accordingly, many national scale ecological database systems have been developed worldwide to manage and analyse these datasets. However, in Korea, ecological datasets produced by different research institutes for different purposes have not been integrated or serviced due to poorly designed information infrastructure. To address this obstacle, we present EcoBank (www.nie-ecobank.kr), an open, web-based ecological database platform designed to play an important role in ecosystem analysis, not only in Korea, but also worldwide. The architecture of EcoBank comprises core technologies of WebGIS, Application Programming Interface (API), responsive web and open-source software (OSS). Comprehensive ecological datasets from three different sources, including the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) in Korea, related national and international platforms and repositories, enter the three conceptual modules in EcoBank: data management, analysis and service. Diverse potential stakeholders of EcoBank can be classified into three groups: researchers, policy-makers and public users. EcoBank aims to expand its horizons through mutual communication amongst these stakeholders. We opened and launched the EcoBank service in December 2019 and have now begun to broaden its network by linking it to other data platforms and repositories over the globe to find possible solutions to ecological issues in Korea.

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“…They are frequently collected by citizens. These data can be analyzed to publish significant results regarding risk factors and bird collisions patterns in scientific journals (Basilio, Moreno, & Piratelli, 2020;Low, Yong, Tan, Owyong, & Chia, 2017;Rebolo-Ifrán, di Virgilio, & Lambertucci, 2019). Although the quality of data produced from citizen scientist has long been a concern due to the lack of quality control process (Kosmala, Wiggins, Swanson, & Simmons, 2016), Bird Window Collision data have been successfully collected within a research project through EcoBank (Fig.…”

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EcoBank: A Flexible Data Platform for Sharing Ecological Data

Kim¹,

Yoon²,

Kim³

et al. 2020

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Environmental crisis challenges human race harder than ever before. Ecologists have produced a massive amount of data to cope with the crisis. Accordingly, so many ecological data platforms have been developed worldwide to manage and analyze these datasets. However, in Korea, ecological datasets produced by different research institutes for different purposes have not been integrated or serviced due to the lack of a well-designed information infrastructure. To address this obstacle, we present EcoBank (www.nieecobank.kr), an open, web-based ecological data platform designed to play an important role in ecological

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Main causes of bird-window collisions: a review

Cited by 31 publications

References 40 publications

Ultraviolet-reflective film applied to windows reduces the likelihood of collisions for two species of songbird

Ultraviolet-reflective film applied to windows reduces the likelihood of collisions for two species of songbird

EcoBank: A flexible database platform for sharing ecological data

EcoBank: A Flexible Data Platform for Sharing Ecological Data

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