| The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) | |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Location: | PO Box 1346 Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 United States |
| Key People: | Executive Director: Rodney B. Siegel |
| Founder: | David F. DeSante |
| Area Served: | United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, South America |
| Focus: | Bird monitoring and research, avian conservation science, bird-banding, and monitoring training |
The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP), based in Petaluma, California is a non-profit organization dedicated to studying and monitoring bird populations, and providing land managers and policy makers with information needed to better manage those populations.
The Institute was founded in 1989 by Dr. David DeSante to develop and coordinate the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program (MAPS), a network of approximately 500 standardized bird-banding stations studying breeding bird populations across North America.
In June 2015, the Institute launched a website, the Vital Rates of North American Landbirds, tracking the population of 150 bird species in North America, to raise awareness about the population declines of those species.[1]
Scientists at the institute develop standardized bird-monitoring techniques and tools for land managers and researchers studying bird populations, coordinate large-scale networks for monitoring vital rates of birds, conduct original research on the abundance, distribution, and ecology of birds, and convey their findings in scientific papers and reports to public and private land managers. The Institute also trains individuals, organizations, and agencies in the United States and abroad in effective bird monitoring techniques.