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win1 = window.open(mypage, myname, winprops) win1.location=myurl; win1.focus(); } function flickrGrp() { NewWindow('flickr','flickr', 700, 500, 'https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/flickr_group.jsp?action=login'); } </script> <H3>Contributing bird photos and recordings to Avibase</H3> <p>People can contribute bird photos and sound recordings to Avibase by joining the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/avibase/">Avibase Flickr group</a> or submitting sound recordings to <a target="_blank" href="https://xeno-canto.org/">Xeno-Canto</a>. <OL> <li><a href="flickr_stats.jsp?action=stats">Avibase Media Stats</a> - information about the number of photos and recordings available in Avibase</li> <li><a href="flickr_stats.jsp?action=flickr">Avibase Flickr Members</a> - list and individual stats of contributing members to the Avibase Flickr group</li> <li><a href="flickr_stats.jsp?action=missing&media=photos">Missing Photos</a> - list of species by region for which there are no photos yet</li> <li><a href="flickr_stats.jsp?action=missing&media=sounds">Missing Recordings</a> - list of species by region for which there are no recordings yet</li> </OL> <hr size=1 noshade width=100%> <p><b>List of species and subspecies for Flickr member <a target="_blank" href="https://flickr.com/photos/130278980@N05">130278980@N05</a>.</b> Please note that the taxonomic names used here may differ from the tags used (e.g. synonyms). If you think that some of your photos are missing, please check that they are correctly tagged in Flickr (making sure that the scientific name is a single tag, enclosed by quotes, e.g. "Parus major"). If you change or add tags to your photos after they have been indexed, you may need to request a re-indexing of your photostream, which you can do on <a href="javascript:flickrGrp()">this page</a>. Also note that new photos may not appear for a period of up to 48h.</p> <table style="font-size: 10pt" class="table" align=center><tr style="background-color: #404040; color: #FFFFFF;"><td>Scientific name</td><td>Common name</td><td>Photos indexed</td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><td>1. <a rel="nofollow" href="species.jsp?avibaseid=11512CF46992C660&sec=flickr&flickrid=130278980@N05">Egretta caerulea</a></td> <td>Little Blue Heron</td><td>1 photo</td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <div class="text-center" style="padding: 20px;"> <P>Avibase has been visited <b>406,445,397</b> times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | <a href="privacy.jsp">Privacy policy</a> </P> <center><a target="_blank" href="https://www.birdingtop500.com/"><img id="birdingtop500" src="images/birdingtop500blank.png" border=0></a></center> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

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