SABAP2 (http://sabap2.adu.org.za) is the most important bird conservation research project in southern Africa. If you don't know the distributions of birds, and how they are changing, you cannot effectively do conservation intelligently. SABAP2 is monitoring the distributions of bird species across southern Africa in both space and time. This is achieved by getting as much of the area as possible covered each year. This slideshow demonstrates what the citizen scientists who contribute their observations to SABAP2 achieved through SABAP2012, and sets the scene for SABAP2013.

1. Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2
SABAP2012 review and
SABAP2013 preview
Les Underhill, Doug Harebottle and
Michael Brooks
Animal Demography Unit
Department of Zoology
University of Cape Town
http://sabap2.adu.org.za
SABAP2 – the most important bird
conservation project in southern Africa

2. Bird distributions are
changing continuously
The objectives of
SABAP2012 and SABAP2013
are to collect as much atlas
data for each year as
possible
We are producing the
“movie” of bird distributions,
with one frame per year,
rather than a long-term
snapshot

3. SABAP2 is a partnership
between the Animal
Demography Unit at the
University of Cape Town,
BirdLife South Africa and the
South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

10. SABAP2013
• In 2013, we are aiming to get coverage
to at least 30%, as we achieved in 2010,
2011 and 2012
• Our best was 31.61% in 2011
• By 12 January 2013, SABAP2012 had
achieved 30.58%, and this is still growing
as 2012 checklists are submitted
• On 12 January, SABAP2013 was already
at 1.56%, see the map below!

12. • SABAP2 is the most important bird conservation
project in the region
• It is achieving broad brush monitoring both in space
(the entire region) and time (annually)
• All conservation initiatives hinge on up-to-date
knowledge of distributions and how they are changing
• It is important that this project continue
• If you or your company can help to sponsor SABAP2, please
contact Les Underhill les.underhill@uct.ac.za
• Or you can do an EFT:
– UCT donations account, Standard Bank, Rondebosch
– Branch 025009, Account 071522387 (SWIFT code is SBZAZAJJ)
– Beneficiary reference: Fund 231454 (this is the ADU’s donations “fund” and
tells the University where to transfer the money to)
– Please send an email to Sue Kuyper sue.kuyper@uct.ac.za and tell her that
you want the donation to be allocated to SABAP2
– This email also enables UCT to send a Section 18A tax donation certificate

13. UCT does not charge any "levy" on
• SABAP2 is the most important bird conservation
donations; the entire amount comes to
project in the region the ADU. There is a levy on formal
contracts, but the multiple services we
• It is achieving broad brush get for the amount we pay are pretty
monitoring both in space
(the entire region) and time (annually) projects could not be
good – the ADU
run cheaper off campus – one of the
• All conservation initiatives hinge on up-to-date fantastic
most important benefits is the
knowledge of distributions andquality access we getchanging
high
how they are onto the
global internet highways!
• It is important that this project continue
• If you or your company can help to sponsor SABAP2, please
contact Les Underhill les.underhill@uct.ac.za
• Or you can do an EFT:
– UCT donations account, Standard Bank, Rondebosch
– Branch 025009, Account 071522387 (SWIFT code is SBZAZAJJ)
– Beneficiary reference: Fund 231454 (this is the ADU’s donations “fund” and
tells the University where to transfer the money to)
– Please send an email to Sue Kuyper sue.kuyper@uct.ac.za and tell her that
you want the donation to be allocated to SABAP2
– This email also enables UCT to send a Section 18A tax donation certificate

14. SABAP2, the most important bird
conservation project in the region