Table 2. Categories of data fields provided in Australian Bird Data Version 1 (Data Citation 1).
| Field category (category no.) | No. of fields | Example field(s) (type of data) |
|---|---|---|
| Sequence (1) | 2 | Taxon sort (no.) |
| Taxonomy & nomenclature (2) | 23 | Genus name (name), Species (1/0/NA)*, Ultrataxon uniqueness (value) |
| Phylogeny (3) | 3 | Hackett coarse clade (category) |
| Australian population status (4) | 12 | Endemic (entirely in Australia) (1/0/NA), Endemic (breeding only) (1/0/NA) |
| Conservation status (5) | 10 | Global IUCN status 2015 (category) |
| Legal status (6) | 16 | EPBC status July 2015 (national, category), CAMBA (China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement, 1/not listed) |
| Distribution (7) | 29 | New South Wales (categories), Christmas Island (categories), Also in Papua New Guinea (categories) |
| Morphology (8) | 19 | Taxon average body mass (value), Brain volume (value) |
| Habitat (9) | 48 | Feeding habitat: Terrestrial: Arid shrubland (1/0/NA), Breeding habitat: Beaches and sand cays (1/0/NA) |
| Food (10) | 11 | Food: fruit (1/0/NAV/NA), Food: fish / invertebrates (marine) (1/0/NAV/NA) |
| Behaviour (11) | 4 | Mean flight initiation distance (value) |
| Breeding (12) | 15 | Nest location: Burrow (1/0/NA), Nest aggregation: Colonial (1/0/NAV/NA) |
| Mobility (13) | 12 | Nature of international movements (category), No. of banded birds recovered (value) |
| Climate metrics (14) | 24 | [climate change] Sensitivity index (value), Climate model factor - Annual mean temperature (%) |
| Administration (15) | 2 | BirdLife Australia Taxon ID (code) |
| Total fields | 230 |
*Binary fields with ‘NA’=not applicable or not assessed; sometimes also with NAV=not available.