Glossary

Adminitrators:

Atlas code: alpha-numeric coding indicating breeding evidence. Different coding systems exist, and are country-specific. Look to your local guideline how to use it.

Biogeographical area: a geographical region with similar characteristics in term of native species.

Casual observation: an observation by itself, that is not connected to any other observation, as in a list, for example.

Complete list: A list in which all species detected are identified and recorded.

EBCC: European Birds Census Council (www.ebcc.info).

Extended list: A list in which all compulsory species for the protocol are counted along with other related species. See protocols for more information.

Interface: in this case, the way the information is shown to the user through a web site (Web interface) or a phone application (Mobile interface).

Observation list: a timed and structured way to enter your observation for a given date and location.

Partial list: A list in which not all species detected are recorded.

Projects:

Protocol: standardised way of collecting data. Different protocols follow different methodologies, and are country-specific.

Rarity Comittee: an independent group of ornithologists evaluating if exceptional observations could be considered for scientific studies. See Rarity Committees in Europe at www.aerc.eu.

Registered user: someone using any of our software being logged in. To log in, one must regiser first.

Restricted list: A list in which only the compulsory species for the specified survey are counted. See protocols for more information.

Species list: a relation of all species available for a given region from which you can select when entering observations.

Synoptic map: A map representing a summary (i.e. number of species, observations per year...)

Unregistered user: someone using any of our software before logging in.