How eBird review works

eBird (ebird.org) is a citizen science project by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that is changing birding and bird conservation. It relies on high quality data, which is reviewed by volunteers. This process isn't very transparent, so this video aims to shed some light on how eBird records get reviewed.

*at 15:16 I accidentally say "Blackburnian" instead of "Bay-breasted" when talking about the possible confusion of the banding codes with these two. How ironic...

0:00 Intro
0:47 Observer's Perspective - submitting reports
3:06 How records get flagged
3:42 eBird reviewer tools
5:05 Regional Filters
8:37 Reviewer's Perspective - review queue
12:58 Examples of records
16:36 Tips for filtering your records
17:12 How I became an eBird reviewer