USGS PWRC - Bird Banding Lab - US 10min Block

Margarita Malorodova1, Elaine Nakash2, Bruce Peterjohn3

1 United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC), Bird Banding Laboratory, 12100 Beech Forest Road, 20708-4037, Laurel, United States; 2 United States Geological Survey, Bird Banding Laboratory, 12100 Beech Forest Road, 20708, Laurel, United States; 3 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest Drive, 20708-4038, Laurel, United States

Corresponding author(s): Margarita Malorodova (mmalorodova@usgs.gov), Elaine Nakash (enakash@usgs.gov)

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Abstract

The Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) was established in 1920 to coordinate bird banding activities occurring in the United States and its Territories, a consequence of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act between the United States and Great Britain that was ratified in 1918. Originally a program within the US Biological Survey, it was also associated with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Biological Service before being transferred to the USGS in 1996. Among its many responsibilities, the BBL maintains the bird banding data collected in the United States and its Territories and every report of birds banded in the US that are encountered anywhere in the world. Computerization of the banding records was initiated in 1960 and the BBL annually processes approximately one million new banding records from the US. Banding data are essential for managing harvested migratory bird populations across North America. These data also provide a historical source of information on the status and distribution of birds in the United States and have greatly expanded our knowledge of bird migration patterns across this hemisphere. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC). This dataset shows species distributions using centroids of 10min blocks.

Keywords: Metadata, occurrence, birds, banding, monitoring, natural resources, North American species, migration, tagging, waterfowl

Project details

Project title: USGS PWRC - Bird Banding Lab - US 10min Block
Personnel: Bruce Peterjohn

Data published through GBIF: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=usgs-pwrc-bbl-us-10minblock

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Birds
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Aves
Common names: Birds [English], oiseaux [French]

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: United States and US territories, primarily western hemisphere. The provided bounding box is not precise.
Coordinates: 17°16'48''N and 71°8'24''N Latitude; 165°56'24''W and 65°42'0''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1960 - December 31, 2010

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-08-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset