10/31/2025
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐!
The Atlas offers insights into bird species breeding in the Commonwealth and related information.
The Atlas website is being released in two phases. The initial phase, online now, includes:
โข Species Accounts for the 203 species found breeding in Virginia are the centerpiece of the website.
โข Interpreting Species Accounts gives detailed explanations to aid in understanding the maps, figures, and other information presented for each species.
โข Atlas Methods explains how the atlas data were collected.
โข Results providing insights into species no longer breeding in Virginia since the first Atlas conducted in the late 1980s, as well as the exciting discoveries of species now breeding here that were not during the first Atlas period.
โข Acknowledgments lists the individuals and organizations who contributed to the Atlas project, including field volunteers and staff who contributed to the massive Atlas dataset, photographers whose images enhance the website, generous financial donors who made the websiteโs creation possible, and so many other contributions.
Stay tuned! In early 2026, the second phase of the Atlas release will provide the analytical methodology, additional results, summary statistics on survey effort and block coverage, information on Virginiaโs geographical features and habitats, and the potential role of the Atlas in bird conservation.
We invite you to visit the Second Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas and let us know what you think using the Contact Us page.
https://vabirdatlas.org/
