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2024 Release - North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset (1966 - 2023)

Dates

Last Update
2024-09-13
Publication Date
Start Date
1966
End Date
2023

Citation

Ziolkowski Jr., D.J., Lutmerding, M., English, W.B., and Hudson, M-A.R., 2024, North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P136CRBV.

Summary

The 1966-2023 North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) dataset contains avian point count data for more than 700 North American bird taxa (species, races, and unidentified species groupings). These data are collected annually during the breeding season, primarily in June, along thousands of randomly established roadside survey routes in the United States and Canada. Routes are roughly 24.5 miles (39.2 km) long with counting locations placed at approximately half-mile (800-m) intervals, for a total of 50 stops. At each stop, a citizen scientist highly skilled in avian identification conducts a 3-minute point count, recording all birds seen within a quarter-mile (400-m) radius and all birds heard. Surveys begin 30 minutes before local [...]

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Routes.csv
“BBS routes: names, numbers, location information, status, etc.”
313.68 KB text/csv
RunType.pdf
“Description of how RunType value is generated.”
618.38 KB application/pdf
SpeciesList.csv
“List of bird taxa, nomenclature, and sequence included in this data release.”
71.61 KB text/csv
VehicleData.csv
“1997-present dataset of vehicle counts and excessive noise, in 50-stop format.”
55.72 MB text/csv
Weather.csv
“Sampling history of routes: dates, observers, weather, etc.”
12.94 MB text/csv
Completeness_Report_NABBS_Dataset_1966-2023.pdf 206.11 KB application/pdf
MigrantNonBreeder.zip
“Non-breeding bird records and counts.”
254.17 KB application/zip
States.zip
“Breeding bird records and counts (1966-present), in 10-point intervals.”
64.03 MB application/zip
50-StopData.zip
“Breeding bird records and counts (1997-present), in 50-stop format.”
69.43 MB application/zip

Purpose

The North American Breeding Bird Survey uses standardized, statistically rigorous protocols to deliver scientifically credible measures of the status, trends, and environmental associations of North American birds. Federal, State, and local resource planners throughout the U.S. and Canada make extensive use of BBS information to identify at-risk species and to make wildlife management decisions.

Rights

This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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  • Eastern Ecological Science Center
  • USGS Data Release Products

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