# place.birds.profile

> Published by [birds.place](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy/place.birds.profile)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy/place.birds.profile/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:w4p4bumx22vgnjmctoqjj7sy/place.birds.profile/examples)

## Definitions

### `place.birds.profile`

**Type**: `record`

How the observer wants to be shown on birds.place. One per account; the record key is always `self`. Every field is optional — a missing profile, or a missing field, falls back to what the wider network says about the account (an app.bsky.actor.profile display name, then the handle). This record exists so that never having used Bluesky is a first-class situation.

**Key**: `literal:self`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | Client-declared timestamp for when the profile was first created. Preserved across edits. |
| `updatedAt` | `string` (datetime) | No | Client-declared timestamp for the most recent edit. |
| `displayName` | `string` | No | The name to show beside this observer's sightings, in place of their handle. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "place.birds.profile",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "literal:self",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "Client-declared timestamp for when the profile was first created. Preserved across edits."
          },
          "updatedAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "Client-declared timestamp for the most recent edit."
          },
          "displayName": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 640,
            "description": "The name to show beside this observer's sightings, in place of their handle.",
            "maxGraphemes": 64
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "How the observer wants to be shown on birds.place. One per account; the record key is always `self`. Every field is optional — a missing profile, or a missing field, falls back to what the wider network says about the account (an app.bsky.actor.profile display name, then the handle). This record exists so that never having used Bluesky is a first-class situation."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```