Short_ref;"unique reference to publications (""Firstauthor_year""). When several study cases were extracted from a single article, a number was added to the identifier (e.g.: Martensen_2012_1)" Common_name;species common name Binomial_iucn;species binomial name according to IUCN Red List taxonomy Subspecies_name;subspecies name Family;taxonomic family (latin name) Guild;feeding guild, categorical (carnivore, insectivore, frugivore, nectarivore or omnivore) Bodymass(g);log10(bodymass[g]) HWI;species average hand-wing index Forest_dependence;forest dependence, binary (forest independent = 0, forest-dependent = 1) Migration;migration status, categorical (altitudinal migrant, full migrant, nomadic, not a migrant) Threat_status;"IUCN Red List threat status, categorical (CR=critically endangered; EN=endangered; VU=vulnerable; NT=near threatened; LC=least concern)" Patch_number;unique patch identifier number Patch_name;patch name as in publication Patch_size;patch size in hectares Continent;continent where the study was conducted, categorical (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North-America, South-America) Country;country where the study was conducted Climate;climate type in the studied area, binary (tropical [absolute latitude < 23.5°] or temperate) latitudeN;latitude in decimal degrees, WGS 84 longitudeE;longitude in decimal degrees, WGS 84 Coordinate_location;the location specified by the coordinates, categorical (patch location, patch approximation, field camp or study region) forest_description;brief description of forest type according to publications IUCN_habitat;description of habitat type based on the IUCN habitats classification scheme (V3.1) WWF_Biome;description of habitat type based on the WWF biome classification Matrix_category;describes the land-use (matrix) surrounding fragments, categorical (cropland, developed, herbaceous, monoculture plantations, native forest, semi-developed, shrubland) PA_IUCN;IUCN protected area category, categorical (Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, V, VI, not reported or NA) PA_reclassified;protected area categorization based on IUCN classification, categorical (strict protection [IUCN cat. I-IV], moderate protection [V,VI], no protection [NA]) PA_type;type of protected area PA_Name;name of protected area Protected_since;year of establishment of the protected area Survey_method;sampling method used to survey birds, categorical (line transect, mist-net, point count, random walk, systematic search, territory mapping, times-species count or a combination) PC_Radius;radius (m) of each point count station PC_points;total number of point counts PC_duration;time in minutes that each point count temporal replicate lasts PC_visits;number of visits to each point count station PC_totaleffort;total sampling effort of point counts (number of points*number of visits*duration), area not accounted for LT_length;length of each line transect (m) LT_Width(m);width of each line transect (m) LT_transects;total number of line transects LT_visits;number of visits to each line transect LT_duration;time in minutes that each line transect temporal replicate lasts LT_totaleffort;total sampling effort of line transects (number of transects*number of visits*duration), area not accounted for MN_effort(mist net hours);total mist net effort expressed in mist net hours (one 12-m net open for one hour) RW_effort;total effort of random walks, timed-species counts or systematic searches (in hours) survey_start;"start date of survey (""dd-mmm-yy"")" survey_end;"end date of survey (""dd-mmm-yy"")" Survey_notes;any additional notes about survey method Presabs;species occurrence, binary (present [1] or absent [0])