Barn Swallow Egg Recognition Experiments in Northern and Southern China, 2019-2020

17.6 KB of experimental data from a field study on barn swallow egg recognition conducted at two sites in China. The dataset, authored by Kui Yan and last updated in May 2026, likely contains results from experiments where blue model eggs were placed inside nests and in transparent boxes below nests during the incubation periods of 2019 and 2020.

Use Cases

• Analyzing barn swallow responses to foreign eggs based on the described experimental and control groups.
• Comparing behavioral outcomes between the northern (Zhalong) and southern (Ding'an) study populations in China.
• Studying the effect of experimental setup (e.g., transparent box fixation methods) on observed bird behavior.

Strengths

• Data is from a controlled field experiment with specific geographic coordinates for two study sites.
• Experimental timeline is clearly defined as June-August 2019 and April-May 2020.
• Dataset is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 17.6 KB file size suggests a very limited scope of data points.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Kui Yan.

Collection Method

Field experiments involving placement of model eggs in and below barn swallow nests.

Time Range

2019-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-03 01:55:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zhalong, Heilongjiang (northeastern China) and Ding'an, Hainan (southern China).