Tropical Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (TMAPS) Program

IBP aims to facilitate the implementation of a TMAPS (Tropical Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) Program in tropical regions. Because of extended and non-synchronous breeding seasons for many species in the tropics, protocols are likely to differ from the standardized MAPS protocol in use in the United States and Canada.

A pilot TMAPS project was established on Saipan in 2008 by IBP and the Division of Fish and Wildlife of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. We operated six stations from 2008 to 2012, gaining a foundation of knowledge regarding the populations and molt strategies of Saipan birds. 

We have since established a similar TMAPS project in American Samoa. We have operated 6 stations since 2012 and will continue to run them in 2013.

Russet-crowned Motmot (Momotus mexicanus) (Photograph courtesy of Manuel Grosselet)

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