BBL Flyway and Region Codes

Flyway Codes

CODE DESCRIPTION
1Atlantic
2Mississippi
3Central
4Pacific
5Alaska
6Canada
7Central America
8South America
9Carribbean
0Other

map of flyways

* Flyway boundaries used for banding data are not the same as for hunting regulations in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming.

Region Codes

These codes are used to describe states and provinces in the United States and Canada, Countries in the rest of the Western Hemisphere, and Continents in the rest of the world.

REGION NAME FLYWAY CODE REGION CODE
(AREA CODE)
Africa 0 01
Alabama 2 02
Alaska 5 03
Alberta 6 04
Antarctica 0 99
Argentina 8 05
Arizona 4 06
Arkansas 2 07
Asia 0 08
At Sea (oceans) 0 94
Bahama Islands 9 09
Belize 7 12
Bermuda 1 97
Bolivia 8 13
Brazil 8 10
British Columbia 6 11
California 4 14
Canada (Unknown State) 6 CA
Chile 8 15
Colombia 8 16
Colorado 3 17
Connecticut 1 18
Costa Rica 7 19
Cuba 9 20
Delaware 1 21
District of Columbia 1 22
Dominican Republic and Haiti 9 31
Ecuador 8 23
El Salvador 7 78
Europe 0 24
Florida 1 25
French Guiana, Guyana and Surinam 8 30
Georgia 1 27
Greenland 0 28
Guatemala 7 29
Honduras 7 32
Idaho 4 33
Illinois 2 34
Indiana 2 35
Iowa 2 36
Jamaica and Cayman Islands 9 37
Kansas 3 38
Kentucky 2 39
Lesser Antilles 9 41
Louisiana 2 42
Maine 1 44
Manitoba 6 45
Maryland 1 46
Massachusetts 1 47
Mexico 7 48
Michigan 2 49
Minnesota 2 50
Mississippi 2 51
Missouri 2 52
Montana 3 53
Nebraska 3 54
Nevada 4 55
New Brunswick 6 56
New Hampshire 1 58
New Jersey 1 59
New Mexico 3 60
New York 1 61
Newfoundland and Labrador and St. Pierre et Miquelon 6 57
Nicaragua 7 62
North Carolina 1 63
North Dakota 3 64
Northwest Territories**6 43
Nova Scotia 6 65
Nunavut**6 40
Oceania (including Hawaii), Australia, New Zealand and Phillipines 0 96
Ohio 2 66
Oklahoma 3 67
Ontario 6 68
Oregon 4 69
Panama 7 70
Paraguay 8 71
Pennsylvania 1 72
Peru 8 73
Prince Edward Island 6 75
Puerto Rico 9 74
Québec 6 76
Rhode Island 1 77
Russia 0 98
Saskatchewan 6 79
South Carolina 1 80
South Dakota 3 81
Tennessee 2 82
Texas 3 83
Unknown 0 00
Uruguay 8 84
US (Unknown State) X US
Utah 4 85
Venezuela 8 86
Vermont 1 87
Virginia 1 88
Washington 4 89
West Virginia 1 90
Wisconsin 2 91
Wyoming 3 92
Yukon Territory 6 93

** The Northwest Territories formerly were divided into Franklin (626), Keewatin (695), and Mackenzie (643) Districts. 
With the creation of the new Territory of Nunavut (640) the BBL has discontinued
the use of the old districts and is using solely Northwest Territories (643) and Nunavut
(640).  Bandit, Band Manager and historical records have been updated.