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Breeding birds
The long-term population trends of breeding birds in Switzerland are extremely well documented thanks to various monitoring schemes. The objective of these countrywide surveys is to gain an overview of the current distribution and population sizes of Swiss birds and to keep track of changes. Having access to such detailed knowledge for a whole group of animals is unique even in Switzerland. Internationally, few monitoring schemes exist that have such dense spatial coverage for so many species.
Projects
Further analyses
- Swiss Bird Index SBI®: overall trend, habitat indices, species of particular importance for nature conservation, and Swiss Bird Index SBI® Climate Change.
- Breeding populations (number of territories/breeding pairs/families) of irregular and exceptional breeders 2000–2022.
- Trends of 168 breeding birds in 30 European countries for the entire survey period (generally 1980–2021) and for 2010–2021.
Swiss Bird Index SBI® Breeding breeding index®
Publications
- Grendelmeier, A. (2022): Waldbrand Leuk und Windwurf Rorwald: Auswirkungen auf die Avifauna. Reg. Basil. 63/2: 137–145.
- Hallman, T. A., J. Guélat, S. Antoniazza, M. Kéry & T. Sattler (2022): Rapid elevational shifts of Switzerland's avifauna and associated species traits. Ecosphere 13(8): e4194.
- Heer, L. & T. Sattler (2022): Leben und Brüten in Fels, Geröll und Schnee: Die Alpenbraunelle. Der Falke, Sonderheft 2022: 60–63.
- Knaus, P. (2022): Keine Trendwende in Sicht: Neue Rote Liste Vögel Schweiz. Ornis 22/1: 36–38.
- Knaus, P. & N. Strebel (2022): Bestand und Biomasse von Brutvögeln und Nutzgeflügel in der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beob. 119: 74–80.
- Meier, E. S., G. Lüscher & E. Knop (2022): Disentangling direct and indirect drivers of farmland biodiversity at landscape scale. Ecol. Lett. 25(11): 2422–2434.
- Müller, C. (2022): Seltene und bemerkenswerte Brutvögel 2021 in der Schweiz. Ornithol. Beob. 119: 232–245.
- Müller. C. (2023): Der Bienenfresser Merops apiaster in der Schweiz – Paradebeispiel für die Ausdehnung einer wärmeliebenden Art. Vogelwarte 59: 301–312.
- Niffenegger, C. A., C. Schano, R. Arlettaz & F. Korner‐Nievergelt (2023): Nest orientation and proximity to snow patches are important for nest site selection of a cavity breeder at high elevation. J. Avian Biol.: e03046.
- Strebel, N., R. Dröschmeister, H. Schmid, I. Stützle, S. Trautmann & J. Wahl (2022): Ein Vergleich zwischen revier- und individuenbasierten Verfahren zum Abschätzen von Brutbestandsindizes im Monitoring häufiger Brutvögel. Vogelwelt 149: 183–206.
- Strebel, N., M. Kéry, J. Guélat & T. Sattler (2022): Spatiotemporal modelling of abundance from multiple data sources in an integrated spatial distribution model. J. Biogeogr. 49: 563–575.
- Strebel, N. & H. Schmid (2022): Indikatoren zur Biodiversität richtig interpretieren. Hotspot 46: 16-17.
- Zbinden, N., F. Korner‐Nievergelt, F. Tettamanti & V. Keller (2022): Long‐term trends of reproductive success of black grouse Lyrurus tetrix in the southern Swiss Alps in relation to changes in climate and habitat. Wildl. Biol. 135: 265.
Internet links
- An overview of all species found in Switzerland and their species categories is available here: www.vogelwarte.ch/id (available in German, French or Italian). Find more on recording at: www.ornitho.ch/instructions.
- Our recording platform www.ornitho.ch provides information on the occurrence of breeding birds in Switzerland and neighbouring regions.
- The related app “NaturaList” is available in the Google Play Store and the App Store. Instructions can be found here.
- The entire contents of the Breeding Bird Atlas 2013–2016 are available online: detailed information on distribution and population trends of breeding birds, topics and trends relevant to several species, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the atlas.