Raw data of the study: Categorizing urban avoiders, utilizers, and dwellers for identifying bird conservation priorities in a northern Andean city

This datasheet contains raw data on bird count records made from 2016 and 2019. Data were taken in urban and adjacent non-urban areas of Medellín, Colombia. It was part of a collaborative sampling effort during environmental assessments and personal research, summarizing systematic information on 139 sampling points (124 within the city and 15 in adjacent non-urban areas). All points were sampled under the same protocol in order to facilited data for research; in all cases, sampling was in charge of ornithologist with at least 4 years of previous experience in bird surveys. This protocol consisted in sampling during 10 minutes, four times per point (i.e., repetitions), using a fixed radius of 25 m. 

Information on bird surveys (Count_Data within the corresponding datasheet tab) contains the ID of each site; whether corresponded to a urban or non-urban site; in what category of urban development the site was located, based on 1000, 500 and 200 m buffers (from the observer during bird counts: moderate, low or high); the taxonomic information of each species (order, family, scientific name); the number of recorded individuals;  the repetition or number of the visit (1, 2, 3, or 4); the name of the project; the name of the observer, and the date of sampling. 

Information on categorization of bird species (Categorization within the corresponding datasheet tab) represents additional information on altitudinal ranges, trophic guilds, distribution, and others. In addition, information on frequency for each bird species is given, according to the location of each sampling site and the way it was grouped. This information was the base for categorizing bird species as urban avoider, utilizer, or dweller, under the calculations and decision rules that are also given within the corresponding cells of the datasheet.

Any further information or questions about this data could be ask directly, writing to the e-mails: jgarizabal@unal.edu.co or njmacer@unal.edu.co.