Accompanying text of the update and a set of main Wild Bird Indices for Europe and the EU, which are freely available for download as Excel sheets, are presented here.
If you wish to use the PECBMS outputs, we recommend reading the rules stated in the Data Access And Co-authorship Policy.
In 2024, we decided to change PECBMS terminology in some terms as follows:
The updated names of the PECBMS indicators align with official CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) terms used by BirdLife, the European Commission, and national and international policies. We also use the term ‘indicator’, but this applies to all the indicators we present in general.
Wild Bird Indices (so far, Common bird indicators)
All Bird Index (so far, All common birds)
Farmland Bird Index (so far, Common farmland birds)
Forest Bird Index (so far, Common forest birds)