USGS PWRC - Bird Banding Lab - US State Centroid - 1960-2010

Margarita Malorodova

doi:10.15468/vjeyea

USGS PWRC - Bird Banding Lab - US State Centroid - 1960-2010

Citation

Malorodova M, Nakash E (2024). USGS PWRC - Bird Banding Lab - US State Centroid - 1960-2010. Version 1.1. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vjeyea accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) was established in 1920 to coordinate bird banding activities occurring in the United States and its Territories, a consequence of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act between the United States and Great Britain that was ratified in 1918. Originally a program within the US Biological Survey, it was also associated with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Biological Service before being transferred to the USGS in 1996. Among its many responsibilities, the BBL maintains the bird banding data collected in the United States and its Territories and every report of birds banded in the US that are encountered anywhere in the world. Computerization of the banding records was initiated in 1960 and the BBL annually processes approximately one million new banding records from the US. Banding data are essential for managing harvested migratory bird populations across North America. These data also provide a historical source of information on the status and distribution of birds in the United States and have greatly expanded our knowledge of bird migration patterns across this hemisphere. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC). This dataset is a checklist of birds that occur in each state.

Additional info

This is a checklist dataset at the U.S. state level, derived from occurrence data. EstablishmentMeans information was derived and added during data cleaning, from https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E5K160. During data cleaning 590 records with countryCode = CQ were found to fall within the United States. Therefore their countryCode values were changed to US.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

United States and US territories, primarily western hemisphere. The provided bounding box is not precise.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Margarita Malorodova
originator
position: IT Specialist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)
Bird Banding Laboratory, 12100 Beech Forest Road
Laurel
20708-4037
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5824
email: mmalorodova@usgs.gov
homepage: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBl/

Elaine Nakash
metadata author
position: Biological Technician
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Bird Banding Laboratory, 12100 Beech Forest Road
Laurel
20708
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5824
email: enakash@usgs.gov
homepage: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBl/

Bruce Peterjohn
principal investigator
position: Chief, Bird Banding Laboratory
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest Rd
Laurel City
20708
Maryland
Telephone: +1 3014975807
email: bpeterjohn@usgs.gov

Annie Simpson
custodian steward
position: biologist and information scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Mailstop 302
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
Telephone: +1 703-648-4281
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-5134

Stephen Formel
processor
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
US
email: sformel@usgs.gov
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-1244

Bruce Peterjohn
administrative point of contact
position: Project Chief
US Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest Dr.
Laurel
20708-4038
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 301-497-5646
email: bpeterjohh@usgs.gov
homepage: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBl/