Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V. Ornithologe

Name

Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V. Ornithologe

Legal name

Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V.

Website

https://dda-web.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Münster

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: DDA generates revenue through annual Fördermitgliedschaft (sponsor membership) fees from supporters who contribute financially to the association's work.
2. Publication sales: Sale of ornithological publications including Methodenstandards (€49.95), ADEBAR atlas, Die Vogelwelt journal, Vögel in Deutschland status reports, and Seltene Vögel in Deutschland annual reports. Orders handled via [email protected].
3. Donations and charitable contributions: Tax-deductible donations collected via SozialBank account (IBAN DE59 3702 0500 0001 1136 00). DDA is recognized as a charitable organization (gemeinnützig) under German tax law, exempt from corporate and trade taxes since 26.11.2025.
4. Birdrace fundraising: Annual Birdrace event collects project-specific donations (currently supporting ornitho.de platform development). Teams are encouraged to raise €10 CO2 compensation per auto-using team and donations per observed species.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

DDA is the federal federation of all 16 state-wide and over 50 regional and local ornithological associations in Germany. It coordinates nationwide standardized bird monitoring programs (MhB, MsB, MrW, Seevogelmonitoring, VM-S), operates the ornitho.de citizen science observation portal, runs the annual Birdrace competition, documents rare birds through the Deutsche Avifaunistische Kommission (DAK), and publishes authoritative ornithological reference works such as Methodenstandards, ADEBAR, Vögel in Deutschland, Seltene Vögel in Deutschland, and the journal Die Vogelwelt.

Product overview

Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten (DDA) is a German ornithological association organized as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform is ornitho.de, a bird observation reporting portal where citizens can submit bird sightings, which feeds into DDA's various monitoring programs. Key monitoring modules include MhB (common breeding birds), MsB (rare breeding birds), MrW (migratory waterbirds), and Seevogelmonitoring (seabirds). DDA also coordinates the annual Birdrace competition and supports the German Avifaunistic Commission (DAK) for rare bird documentation. The organization publishes reference works including Methodenstandards, ADEBAR, Vögel in Deutschland, and Seltene Vögel in Deutschland, with ADEBAR 2 representing the next generation of the breeding bird atlas project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ornitho.de: Online portal for reporting bird observations in Germany, launched in October 2011
• Birdrace
• DAK - Deutsche Avifaunistische Kommission
• Die Vogelwelt
• DDA-Aktuell

Products and services

• ornitho.de Germany's primary bird observation reporting portal where hobby ornithologists register and submit their own observations, containing millions of sighting records enabling real-time analysis of bird population developments.
• Birdrace Annual birdwatching competition held on the first Saturday in May where teams of 2-5 people attempt to observe as many bird species as possible within one day in a defined area, typically a county.
• Monitoring häufiger Brutvögel (MhB) Monitoring program for common breeding birds providing nationwide population trends for 99 bird species, conducted since 2004 on 1 km² sample areas selected by the Federal Statistical Office.
• Monitoring seltener Brutvögel (MsB) Monitoring program for rare breeding birds, coordinated by DDA since 1977; since 1995 it has tracked populations of all regularly breeding native species with fewer than 1,000 pairs in Germany.
• Monitoring rastender Wasservögel (MrW) Monitoring program for migratory waterbirds with traditions dating back to the 1940s; annual January International Waterbird Census with data analyzed at the international level.
• Seevogelmonitoring (MarBird) Seabirds at Sea program for describing and analyzing the occurrence of seabirds on the open sea.
• Deutsche Avifaunistische Kommission (DAK) Independent expert committee within DDA that collects, archives, verifies, and publishes documented observations of very rare bird species across Germany.
• Methodenstandards zur Erfassung der Brutvögel Deutschlands Reference work (approx. 800 pages) for standardized data collection and evaluation of breeding birds in Germany, recognized as legally secure (rechtssicher) for permit procedures and EU Birds Directive monitoring. Priced at €49.95.
• Atlas Deutscher Brutvogelarten (ADEBAR) Atlas of German Breeding Bird Species providing foundational knowledge for sustainable bird conservation in Germany, with comprehensive overview of breeding bird distribution.
• Vögel in Deutschland (ViD) Publication covering various aspects of nationwide bird monitoring and providing condensed summaries of current developments in the native bird world.
• Seltene Vögel in Deutschland (SViD) Annual report by the German Avifaunistic Commission (DAK) on rare bird observations submitted in Germany, published yearly.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nationwide population trends for 99 bird species tracked since 2004
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft der Vogelschutzwarten (LAG VSW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of the Methodenstandards zur Erfassung der Brutvögel Deutschlands, collaborating on standardized survey methods for breeding birds across German federal states.
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of the Methodenstandards zur Erfassung der Brutvögel Deutschlands. Federal Agency for Nature Protection contributing to standardized ornithological methods.
• EuroBirdPortalmajorTechnology or Integrationornitho.de is part of the EuroBirdPortal family, enabling visualization and analysis of bird observation data across European countries through shared data standards.
• Avifaunistische Landeskommissionen (AKs)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level avifaunistic commissions that document regional rare bird sightings and extreme faunistic records. Work in close cooperation with the DAK (Deutsche Avifaunistische Kommission) for national rare bird documentation.
• 16 State-wide ornithological associations in GermanycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAll 16 state-level bird conservation and ornithological associations are members of DDA, forming the core of the federation structure. Combined with regional and local associations, DDA has over 50 member organizations.
• prima-klima-weltweit.deminorOthersCarbon offset organization receiving donations from Birdrace teams using public transport (bus/train) to compensate CO2 emissions from the event.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wetlands International: Global NGO coordinating waterbird monitoring including the International Waterbird Census, in which DDA participates via MrW. Comparable as an institutional counterpart in international waterbird population tracking.
• BirdLife International: Global partnership of national bird conservation organizations, of which NABU is the German partner. Comparable as the international umbrella coordinating national avifaunistic data and policy advocacy.
• Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU): Germany's largest nature conservation association with ~900,000 members. Directly comparable as a national-level environmental NGO operating across habitat and species protection, though broader than DDA's ornithology-only mandate.
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB): UK's largest bird conservation charity with over 1 million members. Comparable as a mass-membership bird-focused NGO with monitoring, advocacy, and habitat management, though significantly larger and more diversified than DDA.
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN): Germany's federal nature protection agency and DDA's co-publisher of the Methodenstandards. Comparable as the policy/regulatory counterpart that consumes and validates DDA's monitoring outputs.

Regional players

• A Rocha: International Christian conservation organization with active monitoring and citizen-science programs in Europe. Comparable as a values-driven NGO using volunteer-driven biodiversity data collection.
• Vogelwarte Helgoland / Institut für Vogelforschung: German bird research institute on Helgoland, focused on migratory bird research and seabird monitoring. Comparable as a German-based bird research body with overlapping scientific focus on migration and seabirds.

Direct peers

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology (eBird): Operates eBird, the world's largest citizen-science bird observation platform. Comparable as a platform-plus-monitoring organization with millions of observations, integrated academic research output, and international data sharing.
• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO): UK-based organization coordinating nationwide citizen-science bird monitoring (e.g., Breeding Bird Survey, Wetland Bird Survey). The closest international analogue to DDA's federation-plus-monitoring-program model.

Others

• Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (Animal Ecology): Academic research institute studying animal movement, ecology, and behavior including bird populations. Comparable as a downstream consumer and partner for analytical work on DDA's monitoring datasets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles3 records

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