Historical Bird Atlas and Contemporary Citizen Science Data Reveal Long-Term Changes in Geographic Range of Kenyan Birds

Historical bird atlases provide comprehensive datasets for investigating long-term changes in species' distribution. In the context of accelerating biodiversity loss, these datasets can lend critical insights into the state of bird distributions across broad spatio-temporal scales and provide much-needed information for impactful conservation. In Africa, the potential of atlas data to understand changes in avian populations remains largely untapped.