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The North American Bird Banding Program (NABBP) publishes yearly an updated dataset consisting of banding and encounter records. Dataset are published on ScienceBase, USGS’s trusted digital repository. Download this year's dataset in its entirety along with associated metadata using the link below.

Additionally, to explore and request data from NABBP click the Web Tools tab (left sidebar).

North American Bird Banding Program Dataset 1960-2023 retrieved 2023-07-12

The North American Bird Banding Program is administered through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL), Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge (EESC) and the Bird Banding Office (BBO), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The respective banding offices have similar functions and policies and use the same bands, reporting forms and data f
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Eastern Ecological Science Center, Bird Banding Laboratory

North American Bird Banding Program Dataset 1960-2022 retrieved 2022-07-14

The North American Bird Banding Program is directed in the United States 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). The respective banding offices have similar functions and policies and use the same bands, r
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Eastern Ecological Science Center, Bird Banding Laboratory