Audubon Christmas Bird Count
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The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is a long-running, volunteer-based citizen science project that conducts annual winter bird population surveys across the Americas to support avian conservation and research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Audubon Christmas Bird Count canonical | 1 |
| Christmas Bird Count | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8173605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Audubon Christmas Bird Count Context triple: [National Audubon Society, hasProgram, Audubon Christmas Bird Count]
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A.
Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual global citizen-science event in which people of all ages report bird sightings to help track and study bird populations.
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B.
Audubon
Audubon is a small suburban borough in Camden County, New Jersey, known primarily as a residential community near Philadelphia.
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C.
Big Schools’ Birdwatch
Big Schools’ Birdwatch is an educational wildlife survey that engages schoolchildren in observing and recording birds to promote nature awareness and conservation.
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D.
eBird
eBird is a global, citizen-science bird observation platform and database that allows birdwatchers to record, share, and explore bird sightings worldwide.
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E.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world-renowned research, conservation, and education institution focused on the study of birds and biodiversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Audubon Christmas Bird Count Target entity description: The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is a long-running, volunteer-based citizen science project that conducts annual winter bird population surveys across the Americas to support avian conservation and research.
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A.
Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual global citizen-science event in which people of all ages report bird sightings to help track and study bird populations.
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B.
Audubon
Audubon is a small suburban borough in Camden County, New Jersey, known primarily as a residential community near Philadelphia.
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C.
Big Schools’ Birdwatch
Big Schools’ Birdwatch is an educational wildlife survey that engages schoolchildren in observing and recording birds to promote nature awareness and conservation.
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D.
eBird
eBird is a global, citizen-science bird observation platform and database that allows birdwatchers to record, share, and explore bird sightings worldwide.
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E.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world-renowned research, conservation, and education institution focused on the study of birds and biodiversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird survey
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citizen science project ⓘ long-term ecological monitoring program ⓘ |
| acronym | CBC ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Christmas Bird Count
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linked to:
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Americas
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Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| countCircleDiameter |
15 miles
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24 kilometers ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataFormat |
effort measures such as party-hours
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individual bird numbers ⓘ species counts ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
conservation organizations
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government wildlife agencies ⓘ ornithological research ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conservation biology
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ecology ⓘ ornithology ⓘ |
| founder | Frank M. Chapman ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasPart | count circle ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | birds ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the longest-running citizen science projects ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count ⓘ |
| organizer | National Audubon Society ⓘ |
| participant |
citizen scientist
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ornithologist ⓘ volunteer birdwatcher ⓘ |
| purpose |
inform conservation policy
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monitor winter bird populations ⓘ provide long-term population trend data ⓘ support avian conservation ⓘ |
| replaces | Christmas side hunt ⓘ |
| startTime | 1900 ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | winter ⓘ |
| typicalEndTime | January 5 ⓘ |
| typicalStartTime | December 14 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change impact studies
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identifying population declines ⓘ identifying population increases ⓘ mapping species distributions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Audubon Christmas Bird Count Description of subject: The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is a long-running, volunteer-based citizen science project that conducts annual winter bird population surveys across the Americas to support avian conservation and research.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Audubon Christmas Bird Count