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Bird Banding Laboratory
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Understanding BBL Codes Active

By Bird Banding Laboratory September 27, 2022

Overview

The BBL uses a variety of codes to facilitate the data management processes. Banders use these codes to report their banding and encounter data to the lab. These codes are present in data downloaded from the lab’s database, and can be deciphered using the following links.

Links below provide code names and code descriptions (if necessary).

Banding Data Codes and Descriptions

Encounter Data Codes and Descriptions

Species Table and Recommended Band Sizes

Note: These codes are also available and in the Look up tables in the Bander Portal.

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Overview

The BBL uses a variety of codes to facilitate the data management processes. Banders use these codes to report their banding and encounter data to the lab. These codes are present in data downloaded from the lab’s database, and can be deciphered using the following links.

Links below provide code names and code descriptions (if necessary).

Banding Data Codes and Descriptions

Encounter Data Codes and Descriptions

Species Table and Recommended Band Sizes

Note: These codes are also available and in the Look up tables in the Bander Portal.

Report a problem on this page