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The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Analysis Results 1966 - 2022

September 29, 2023

This data product consists of a database of population change and abundance estimates for North American birds, estimated from North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Data are presented for 548 species of birds in 4 spreadsheets containing trend estimates and annual indices for 2 time periods. Estimates are derived for each species using the 1 of 4 alternative models, and a cross-validation model selection procedure was used to select the best model for each species. Metadata associated with this data product provides information specific to the associated analysis results; metadata for the BBS data are available at Ziolkowski, D.J., Lutmerding, M., English, W.B., Aponte, V.I., and Hudson, M-A.R., 2023, North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GS9K64.

Publication Year 2023
Title The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Analysis Results 1966 - 2022
DOI 10.5066/P9IU1UZ6
Authors Jeffrey A Hostetler, John R Sauer, James E Hines, David Ziolkowski, Michael Lutmerding
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Leetown Research Laboratory