Area of Habitat maps for the world's terrestrial birds and mammals
Data files
Nov 16, 2022 version files 153.65 GB
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Birds_list_AOH.csv
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Birds_list_excluded.csv
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Birds_migratory_accipitriformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_anseriformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_bucerotiformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_caprimulgiformes.zip
1.20 GB
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Birds_migratory_cathartiformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_charadriiformes.zip
9.47 GB
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Birds_migratory_ciconiiformes.zip
455.01 MB
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Birds_Migratory_Code_merge_AOH.R
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Birds_migratory_columbiformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_coraciiformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_cuculiformes.zip
1.60 GB
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Birds_migratory_falconiformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_galliformes.zip
312.23 MB
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Birds_migratory_gaviiformes.zip
255.89 MB
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Birds_migratory_gruiformes.zip
2.53 GB
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Birds_Migratory_list_AOH.csv
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Birds_migratory_otidiformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_passeriformes.zip
26.62 GB
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Birds_migratory_pelecaniformes.zip
3.78 GB
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Birds_migratory_phoenicopteriformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_piciformes.zip
391.72 MB
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Birds_migratory_podicipediformes.zip
765.36 MB
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Birds_migratory_procellariiformes.zip
196.49 MB
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Birds_migratory_psittaciformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_pterocliformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_sphenisciformes.zip
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Birds_migratory_strigiformes.zip
1.07 GB
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Birds_migratory_struthioniformes.zip
16.74 MB
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Birds_migratory_suliformes.zip
462.94 MB
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Birds_migratory_trogoniformes.zip
19.13 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_accipitriformes.zip
2.21 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_anseriformes.zip
1.22 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_bucerotiformes.zip
555.74 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_caprimulgiformes.zip
2.35 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_cariamiformes.zip
49.21 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_cathartiformes.zip
80.43 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_charadriiformes.zip
1.28 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_ciconiiformes.zip
416.94 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_coliiformes.zip
52.83 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_columbiformes.zip
1.98 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_coraciiformes.zip
1.16 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_cuculiformes.zip
984.08 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_eurypygiformes.zip
28.11 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_falconiformes.zip
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Birds_non_migratory_galliformes.zip
1.39 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_gruiformes.zip
1.13 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_leptosomiformes.zip
1.63 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_mesitornithiformes.zip
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Birds_non_migratory_musophagiformes.zip
219.26 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_opisthocomiformes.zip
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Birds_non_migratory_otidiformes.zip
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Birds_non_migratory_passeriformes.zip
27.09 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_pelecaniformes.zip
1.29 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_piciformes.zip
3.88 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_podicipediformes.zip
18.98 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_procellariiformes.zip
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Birds_non_migratory_psittaciformes.zip
1.44 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_pterocliformes.zip
57.90 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_sphenisciformes.zip
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Birds_non_migratory_strigiformes.zip
2.20 GB
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Birds_non_migratory_struthioniformes.zip
471.92 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_suliformes.zip
351.63 MB
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Birds_non_migratory_trogoniformes.zip
287.51 MB
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Mammals_afrosoricida.zip
42.32 MB
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Mammals_carnivora.zip
4.01 GB
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Mammals_cetartiodactyla.zip
1.45 GB
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Mammals_chiroptera.zip
11.07 GB
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Mammals_cingulata.zip
128.89 MB
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Mammals_dasyuromorphia.zip
126.64 MB
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Mammals_dermoptera.zip
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Mammals_didelphimorphia.zip
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Mammals_diprotodontia.zip
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Mammals_eulipotyphla.zip
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Mammals_hyracoidea.zip
156.48 MB
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Mammals_lagomorpha.zip
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Mammals_list_AOH.csv
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Mammals_macroscelidea.zip
72.89 MB
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Mammals_microbiotheria.zip
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Mammals_monotremata.zip
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Mammals_notoryctemorphia.zip
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Mammals_paucituberculata.zip
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Mammals_peramelemorphia.zip
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Mammals_perissodactyla.zip
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Mammals_pholidota.zip
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Mammals_pilosa.zip
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Mammals_primates.zip
909.83 MB
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Mammals_proboscidea.zip
4.98 MB
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Mammals_rodentia.zip
8.01 GB
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Mammals_scandentia.zip
45.82 MB
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Mammals_tubulidentata.zip
13.38 MB
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Mammls_list_excluded.csv
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README
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Richness_birds.zip
5.66 GB
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Richness_mammals.zip
4.06 GB
Abstract
Area of Habitat (AOH) is 'the habitat available to a species, that is, habitat within its range'. It complements a geographic range map for a species by showing potential occupancy and reducing commission errors. AOH maps are produced by subtracting areas considered unsuitable for the species from their range map, using information on each species' associations with habitat and elevation. We present AOH maps for 5,481 terrestrial mammal and 10,651 terrestrial bird species (including 1,816 migratory bird species for which we present separate maps for the resident, breeding, and non-breeding areas). Our maps have a resolution of 100 m. On average, AOH covered 66±28% of the range maps for mammals and 64±27% for birds. The AOH maps were validated independently, following a novel two-step methodology: a modeling approach to identify outliers and a species-level approach based on point localities. We used AOH maps to produce global maps of the species richness of mammals, birds, globally threatened mammals, and globally threatened birds.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 766417