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North American Bird Banding Program Dataset 1960-2025 retrieved 2025-07-11

Metadata Updated: September 13, 2025

The North American Bird Banding Program is administered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge (EESC) and in Canada by the Bird Banding Office (BBO), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). This long-term dataset (1960-2025) consists of over 85 million bird banding, encounter and recapture records of over 1,000 bird species covered under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 13, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

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Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 13, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2025-08-15T00:00:00Z
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Public Access Level public
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