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Tracking Data for Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus)

February 17, 2024

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Long-billed Curlews, a shorebird species that nests in deserts and grasslands of central and western North America and spends the nonbreeding season in agriculture fields and pastures or along coastlines in California, Texas, and Mexico.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

Publication Year 2024
Title Tracking Data for Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus)
DOI 10.5066/P9Q85XOM
Authors Lee Tibbitts, Gary W Page, Nils Warnock, David C Douglas
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Alaska Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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