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Species List for a route State Summary by year Stop/Location by State/Route Advanced Search
Species Totals for a route, by year   Stop/Location by FWS Region FTP Site

Includes data through 2005.

These data are provisional.

Although these data have undergone editing and review, not every error has been detected and eliminated prior to posting. The BBS database is constantly being revised as additional errors are identified. Thus the same data sets retrieved on separate occasions using the interactive programs (i.e., all data retrieval options except FTP files) may have inconsistencies due to corrections made to the database in the intervening time period. Corrections are identified in the DataFix.txt file located on the FTP site. Also see the databasecorrections.txt file on the FTP site for updates regarding the FTP data files.

Descriptions of Data Request Functions:

Species List -- Returns cumulative list of bird species detected on route. Format: English common names.

Species Totals -- Returns table listing total number of individuals detected of each bird species found on route for each year the route was run. Format: English common names on left, years across top; numbers are total individuals per year; dashes indicate route was not sampled that year.

Advanced Search -- Permits small to medium sized queries of the BBS database ranging in complexity from data for a single bird species or for an entire state. Species are identified in the result sets by species identification numbers (AOU numbers), no common names are used. Weather and route history data also available via Advanced Search.

FTP Site -- Contains the entire BBS data set divided into manageable files (i.e. species groups or states). Use this site for large data requests such as an entire region or the entire BBS data set. Once at the FTP site see the “Readme.txt” file for complete descriptions of each file type.

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