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SPI-Birds Network & Database (Studies of Populations of Individual Birds) is a grassroots initiative connecting those working on populations of individually-marked breeding birds.

Website: https://spibirds.org/
Code & docs: https://github.com/SPI-Birds/
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis)
Cory's shearwater soaring in front of a grey sky. Credits: Houssembo (CC-BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) through Wikimedia Commons.
March 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Little owl (Athene noctua)
Little owl sitting on a dead tree. Credits: Andy Morffew (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Eurasian scops owl, European scops owl, scops owl (Otus scops)
Eurasian scops owl sitting on a branch near the trunk of a tree. Credits: Frank Vassen (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
European roller, roller (Coracias garrulus)
European roller sitting on a wire. Credits: Parth Kansara (CC-BY 4.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Dickcissel perching on a branch, looking left. Credits: Andrew C (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Eastern meadowlark perching on a grass stalk, looking left. Credits: lwolfartist (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Grasshopper sparrow perching on a plant Credits: Andrew C (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Two lesser kestrels soaring against the blue sky. Credits: Christoph Moning (CC-BY 4.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Continental great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis)
Great cormorant flying with a grey-blue sky in the background. Credits: Donald Hobern (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-rumped sandpiper standing in the water. Credits: Dario Niz (CC-BY 3.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Western sandpiper walking on the beach. Credits: Andy Morffew (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Semipalmated sandpiper standing on a rock and looking down. Credits: Bear Golden Retriever (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Ruddy turnstone or turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Ruddy turnstone standing on the beach. Credits: Caroline Gagné (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Red-necked phalarope or northern phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-necked phalarope floating through the water. Credits: Andrew C (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Red phalarope floating on the water. Credits: Mike Baird (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pectoral sandpiper wading through the water. Credits: Andrew C (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Long-billed dowitcher standing on the ground. Credits: Mike Baird (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Buff-breasted sandpiper walking through the grass. Credits: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters (public domain) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Juvenile Baird's sandpiper standing on the ground. Credits: Jason Crotty (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
American golden plover standing on the ground. Credits: Peter Wilton (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Little tern (Sternula albifrons)
Little tern standing on a beach. Credits: Andrey Gulivanov (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Cabanis's greenbul or Cabanis's bulbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)
A ringed Cabanis's greenbul in hand, captured in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Credits: Tom Callens (CC-BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius)
Two sociable weavers on the ground at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Credits: Derek Keats (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
White stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White stork standing in the Zajki meadows in eastern Poland. Credits: Frank Vassen (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)
A female Eastern Bluebird sitting on a brown wire. Credits: Sandysphotos2009 (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM