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USGS PWRC - Bird Phenology Program

Citation

Droege S, Masaki D, Sellers E (2021). USGS PWRC - Bird Phenology Program. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w4cjwm accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-27.

Description

The North American Bird Phenology Program, part of the USA-National Phenology Network, was a network of volunteer observers who recorded information on first arrival dates, maximum abundance, and departure dates of migratory birds across North America. Active between 1880 and 1970, the program was coordinated by the Federal government and sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union. It exists now as a historic collection of six million migration card observations, illuminating almost a century of migration patterns and population status of birds. Today, in an innovative project to curate the data and make them publically available, the records are being scanned and placed on the internet, where volunteers worldwide transcribe these records and add them into a database for analysis. From the close of the program in 1970 Chan Robbins continued to make sure the records were kept safe. In 2008, Sam Droege and Jessica Zelt, with help from the National Phenology Network revived the migration program and dubbed it the North American Bird Phenology Program. The program that started as Wells Cooke’s research in the Mississippi Valley and grew through the help of the American Ornithologist Union to become the Division of Economic Ornithology would later become the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The records are now being digitized and with help from citizen scientists the information will be combined in an online database accessible to the public. What began as a quest to find out how and why birds migrate, turned into one of our Nations greatest and longest running programs.

Additional info

During processing of the dataset, because State, County, and Water Body data were not provided in the original, calculated State, County, and Marine Exclusive Economic Zone values were added, where applicable. During processing of the dataset, non-native status information was added, were applicable, in the establishmentMeans field. Two of the original 1,034,888 records were deleted during processing because their lat/lon values placed them (incorrectly) near the South Pole. Total records: 1,034,886. Total number of unique taxa: 537.

Taxonomic Coverages

539 bird taxa.
  1. Aves
    common name: birds rank: class
  2. Acanthis flammea
  3. Acanthis hornemanni
  4. Accipiter cooperii
  5. Accipiter gentilis
  6. Accipiter striatus
  7. Aechmophorus occidentalis
  8. Aegolius acadicus
  9. Aegolius funereus
  10. Aeronautes saxatalis
  11. Agelaius phoeniceus
  12. Agelaius tricolor
  13. Aix sponsa
  14. Alca torda
  15. Alectoris chukar
  16. Amazilia yucatanensis
  17. Ammodramus bairdii
  18. Ammodramus caudacutus
  19. Ammodramus henslowii
  20. Ammodramus leconteii
  21. Ammodramus maritimus
  22. Ammodramus savannarum
  23. Anas acuta
  24. Anas americana
  25. Anas clypeata
  26. Anas crecca
  27. Anas crecca carolinensis
  28. Anas cyanoptera
  29. Anas discors
  30. Anas fulvigula
  31. Anas penelope
  32. Anas platyrhynchos
  33. Anas rubripes
  34. Anas strepera
  35. Anser albifrons
  36. Anthus rubescens
  37. Anthus spragueii
  38. Aphelocoma californica
  39. Aphelocoma coerulescens
  40. Aphelocoma ultramarina
  41. Aphriza virgata
  42. Aquila chrysaetos
  43. Archilochus alexandri
  44. Archilochus colubris
  45. Ardea alba
  46. Ardea herodias
  47. Arenaria interpres
  48. Arenaria melanocephala
  49. Asio flammeus
  50. Asio otus
  51. Athene cunicularia
  52. Auriparus flaviceps
  53. Aythya affinis
  54. Aythya americana
  55. Aythya collaris
  56. Aythya marila
  57. Aythya valisineria
  58. Baeolophus bicolor
  59. Baeolophus inornatus
  60. Baeolophus wollweberi
  61. Bartramia longicauda
  62. Bombycilla cedrorum
  63. Bombycilla garrulus
  64. Bonasa umbellus
  65. Botaurus lentiginosus
  66. Branta bernicla
  67. Branta canadensis
  68. Bubo scandiacus
  69. Bubo virginianus
  70. Bubulcus ibis
  71. Bucephala albeola
  72. Bucephala clangula
  73. Bucephala islandica
  74. Buteo albonotatus
  75. Buteo jamaicensis
  76. Buteo jamaicensis harlani
  77. Buteo lineatus
  78. Buteo platypterus
  79. Buteo regalis
  80. Buteo swainsoni
  81. Buteogallus anthracinus
  82. Butorides virescens
  83. Calamospiza melanocorys
  84. Calcarius lapponicus
  85. Calcarius ornatus
  86. Calcarius pictus
  87. Calidris acuminata
  88. Calidris alba
  89. Calidris alpina
  90. Calidris bairdii
  91. Calidris canutus
  92. Calidris fuscicollis
  93. Calidris himantopus
  94. Calidris maritima
  95. Calidris mauri
  96. Calidris melanotos
  97. Calidris minutilla
  98. Calidris ptilocnemis
  99. Calidris pusilla
  100. Calidris tenuirostris
  101. Callipepla californica
  102. Callipepla gambelii
  103. Callipepla squamata
  104. Calonectris diomedea
  105. Calothorax lucifer
  106. Calypte anna
  107. Calypte costae
  108. Campephilus principalis
  109. Camptostoma imberbe
  110. Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
  111. Caprimulgus carolinensis
  112. Caprimulgus vociferus
  113. Caracara cheriway
  114. Caracara lutosa
  115. Cardellina canadensis
  116. Cardellina pusilla
  117. Cardellina rubrifrons
  118. Cardinalis cardinalis
  119. Cardinalis sinuatus
  120. Carduelis carduelis
  121. Cathartes aura
  122. Catharus guttatus
  123. Catherpes mexicanus
  124. Centrocercus urophasianus
  125. Certhia americana
  126. Chaetura pelagica
  127. Chaetura vauxi
  128. Charadrius alexandrinus
  129. Charadrius dubius
  130. Charadrius melodus
  131. Charadrius montanus
  132. Charadrius semipalmatus
  133. Charadrius vociferus
  134. Charadrius wilsonia
  135. Chen caerulescens
  136. Chen canagica
  137. Chen rossii
  138. Chlidonias niger
  139. Chloroceryle americana
  140. Chordeiles acutipennis
  141. Chordeiles gundlachii
  142. Chordeiles minor
  143. Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  144. Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  145. Circus cyaneus
  146. Cistothorus palustris
  147. Cistothorus platensis
  148. Clangula hyemalis
  149. Coccyzus americanus
  150. Coccyzus erythropthalmus
  151. Coccyzus minor
  152. Colaptes auratus
  153. Colaptes auratus cafer
  154. Colaptes chrysoides
  155. Colinus virginianus
  156. Columba livia
  157. Columbina inca
  158. Columbina passerina
  159. Contopus cooperi
  160. Contopus pertinax
  161. Contopus sordidulus
  162. Contopus virens
  163. Conuropsis carolinensis
  164. Coragyps atratus
  165. Corvus brachyrhynchos
  166. Corvus caurinus
  167. Corvus corax
  168. Corvus cryptoleucus
  169. Corvus ossifragus
  170. Coturnicops noveboracensis
  171. Crotophaga ani
  172. Crotophaga sulcirostris
  173. Cyanocitta cristata
  174. Cyanocitta stelleri
  175. Cygnus buccinator
  176. Cygnus columbianus
  177. Cygnus olor
  178. Cynanthus latirostris
  179. Cypseloides niger
  180. Cyrtonyx montezumae
  181. Dendragapus obscurus
  182. Dendrocygna bicolor
  183. Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  184. Dryocopus pileatus
  185. Ectopistes migratorius
  186. Egretta caerulea
  187. Egretta rufescens
  188. Egretta thula
  189. Egretta tricolor
  190. Elanoides forficatus
  191. Elanus leucurus
  192. Empidonax alnorum
  193. Empidonax difficilis
  194. Empidonax flaviventris
  195. Empidonax fulvifrons
  196. Empidonax hammondii
  197. Empidonax minimus
  198. Empidonax oberholseri
  199. Empidonax virescens
  200. Empidonax wrightii
  201. Eremophila alpestris
  202. Eudocimus albus
  203. Eugenes fulgens
  204. Euphagus carolinus
  205. Euphagus cyanocephalus
  206. Falcipennis canadensis
  207. Falco mexicanus
  208. Falco rusticolus
  209. Falco sparverius
  210. Fratercula arctica
  211. Fratercula cirrhata
  212. Fratercula corniculata
  213. Fulica americana
  214. Fulmarus glacialis
  215. Gallinago gallinago
  216. Gallinula chloropus
  217. Gavia arctica
  218. Gavia immer
  219. Gavia pacifica
  220. Gavia stellata
  221. Gelochelidon nilotica
  222. Geococcyx californianus
  223. Geothlypis formosa
  224. Geothlypis philadelphia
  225. Geothlypis tolmiei
  226. Geothlypis trichas
  227. Glaucidium brasilianum
  228. Glaucidium gnoma
  229. Grus americana
  230. Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
  231. Haematopus bachmani
  232. Haematopus palliatus
  233. Haemorhous cassinii
  234. Haemorhous mexicanus
  235. Haemorhous purpureus
  236. Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  237. Helmitheros vermivorum
  238. Hesperiphona vespertina
  239. Heterospingus xanthopygius
  240. Himantopus mexicanus
  241. Hirundo rustica
  242. Histrionicus histrionicus
  243. Hydrobates pelagicus
  244. Hydrocoloeus minutus
  245. Hydroprogne caspia
  246. Hylocichla mustelina
  247. Icteria virens
  248. Icterus bullockii
  249. Icterus cucullatus
  250. Icterus galbula
  251. Icterus graduacauda
  252. Icterus parisorum
  253. Icterus spurius
  254. Ictinia mississippiensis
  255. Ixobrychus exilis
  256. Ixoreus naevius
  257. Junco hyemalis
  258. Junco phaeonotus
  259. Lagopus lagopus
  260. Lagopus leucura
  261. Lagopus muta
  262. Lampornis clemenciae
  263. Lanius excubitor
  264. Lanius ludovicianus
  265. Larus argentatus
  266. Larus californicus
  267. Larus canus
  268. Larus delawarensis
  269. Larus glaucescens
  270. Larus glaucoides
  271. Larus heermanni
  272. Larus marinus
  273. Larus occidentalis
  274. Larus thayeri
  275. Laterallus jamaicensis
  276. Leiothlypis celata
  277. Leiothlypis luciae
  278. Leiothlypis peregrina
  279. Leiothlypis ruficapilla
  280. Leiothlypis virginiae
  281. Leucophaeus atricilla
  282. Leucophaeus pipixcan
  283. Leucosticte atrata
  284. Leucosticte australis
  285. Limnodromus griseus
  286. Limnothlypis swainsonii
  287. Limosa fedoa
  288. Limosa haemastica
  289. Limosa lapponica
  290. Lophodytes cucullatus
  291. Loxia curvirostra
  292. Loxia leucoptera
  293. Megaceryle alcyon
  294. Melanerpes carolinus
  295. Melanerpes erythrocephalus
  296. Melanerpes formicivorus
  297. Melanerpes lewis
  298. Melanitta fusca
  299. Melanitta nigra
  300. Melanitta perspicillata
  301. Meleagris gallopavo
  302. Melospiza georgiana
  303. Melospiza lincolnii
  304. Melospiza melodia
  305. Melozone aberti
  306. Melozone fusca
  307. Mergus merganser
  308. Mergus serrator
  309. Micrathene whitneyi
  310. Mimus polyglottos
  311. Mniotilta varia
  312. Molothrus aeneus
  313. Molothrus ater
  314. Motacilla tschutschensis
  315. Mycteria americana
  316. Myiarchus cinerascens
  317. Myiarchus crinitus
  318. Myiarchus tuberculifer
  319. Myiarchus tyrannulus
  320. Myiodynastes luteiventris
  321. Nomonyx dominicus
  322. Nucifraga columbiana
  323. Numenius americanus
  324. Numenius borealis
  325. Numenius phaeopus
  326. Nyctanassa violacea
  327. Nycticorax nycticorax
  328. Oceanites oceanicus
  329. Oceanodroma furcata
  330. Oceanodroma leucorhoa
  331. Onychoprion fuscatus
  332. Oporornis agilis
  333. Oreortyx pictus
  334. Ortalis vetula
  335. Oxyura jamaicensis
  336. Pagophila eburnea
  337. Pandion haliaetus
  338. Parabuteo unicinctus
  339. Parkesia motacilla
  340. Parkesia noveboracensis
  341. Passer domesticus
  342. Passerculus sandwichensis
  343. Passerculus sandwichensis princeps
  344. Passerina amoena
  345. Passerina caerulea
  346. Passerina ciris
  347. Passerina cyanea
  348. Passerina versicolor
  349. Patagioenas fasciata
  350. Patagioenas flavirostris
  351. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
  352. Pelecanus occidentalis
  353. Perdix perdix
  354. Perisoreus canadensis
  355. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  356. Peucedramus taeniatus
  357. Phaethon aethereus
  358. Phaethon lepturus
  359. Phainopepla nitens
  360. Phalaropus fulicarius
  361. Phalaropus lobatus
  362. Phalaropus tricolor
  363. Phasianus colchicus
  364. Pheucticus ludovicianus
  365. Pheucticus melanocephalus
  366. Philomachus pugnax
  367. Phoebastria albatrus
  368. Phoebastria nigripes
  369. Phoenicopterus ruber
  370. Phylloscopus inornatus
  371. Pica hudsonia
  372. Pica nuttalli
  373. Picoides albolarvatus
  374. Picoides arcticus
  375. Picoides borealis
  376. Picoides dorsalis
  377. Picoides nuttallii
  378. Picoides pubescens
  379. Picoides scalaris
  380. Picoides villosus
  381. Pinicola enucleator
  382. Pipilo erythrophthalmus
  383. Piranga flava
  384. Piranga ludoviciana
  385. Piranga olivacea
  386. Piranga rubra
  387. Pitangus sulphuratus
  388. Platalea ajaja
  389. Plectrophenax hyperboreus
  390. Plectrophenax nivalis
  391. Plegadis chihi
  392. Plegadis falcinellus
  393. Pluvialis dominica
  394. Pluvialis fulva
  395. Pluvialis squatarola
  396. Podiceps auritus
  397. Podiceps grisegena
  398. Podiceps nigricollis
  399. Podilymbus podiceps
  400. Poecile atricapillus
  401. Poecile carolinensis
  402. Poecile gambeli
  403. Poecile hudsonicus
  404. Poecile rufescens
  405. Polioptila caerulea
  406. Polioptila melanura
  407. Polysticta stelleri
  408. Pooecetes gramineus
  409. Porphyrio martinica
  410. Progne chalybea
  411. Progne dominicensis
  412. Progne subis
  413. Progne tapera
  414. Protonotaria citrea
  415. Psaltriparus minimus
  416. Puffinus creatopus
  417. Puffinus gravis
  418. Puffinus griseus
  419. Puffinus lherminieri
  420. Puffinus pacificus
  421. Puffinus tenuirostris
  422. Pyrocephalus rubinus
  423. Quiscalus major
  424. Quiscalus quiscula
  425. Recurvirostra americana
  426. Regulus calendula
  427. Regulus satrapa
  428. Rhynchophanes mccownii
  429. Riparia riparia
  430. Rostrhamus sociabilis
  431. Rynchops niger
  432. Salpinctes obsoletus
  433. Sayornis nigricans
  434. Sayornis phoebe
  435. Sayornis saya
  436. Scolopax minor
  437. Seiurus aurocapilla
  438. Selasphorus platycercus
  439. Selasphorus rufus
  440. Setophaga americana
  441. Setophaga auduboni auduboni
  442. Setophaga caerulescens
  443. Setophaga chrysoparia
  444. Setophaga coronata
  445. Setophaga discolor
  446. Setophaga fusca
  447. Setophaga magnolia
  448. Setophaga nigrescens
  449. Setophaga occidentalis
  450. Setophaga palmarum
  451. Setophaga petechia
  452. Setophaga pinus
  453. Setophaga pitiayumi
  454. Setophaga ruticilla
  455. Setophaga tigrina
  456. Setophaga townsendi
  457. Setophaga virens
  458. Sialia currucoides
  459. Sialia mexicana
  460. Sialia sialis
  461. Sitta canadensis
  462. Sitta carolinensis
  463. Sitta pusilla
  464. Sitta pygmaea
  465. Somateria fischeri
  466. Somateria mollissima
  467. Somateria spectabilis
  468. Sphyrapicus thyroideus
  469. Sphyrapicus varius
  470. Spinus lawrencei
  471. Spinus pinus
  472. Spinus psaltria
  473. Spinus tristis
  474. Spiza americana
  475. Spizella atrogularis
  476. Spizella pusilla
  477. Sporophila torqueola
  478. Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  479. Stellula calliope
  480. Stercorarius pomarinus
  481. Sterna dougallii
  482. Sterna paradisaea
  483. Sternula antillarum
  484. Strix
  485. Strix nebulosa
  486. Strix occidentalis
  487. Strix varia
  488. Surnia ulula
  489. Tachybaptus dominicus
  490. Tachycineta bicolor
  491. Tachycineta thalassina
  492. Thalasseus elegans
  493. Thalasseus maximus
  494. Thalasseus sandvicensis
  495. Thryomanes bewickii
  496. Thryothorus ludovicianus
  497. Toxostoma bendirei
  498. Toxostoma longirostre
  499. Toxostoma rufum
  500. Tringa flavipes
  501. Tringa incana
  502. Tringa melanoleuca
  503. Tringa semipalmata
  504. Tringa solitaria
  505. Troglodytes aedon
  506. Troglodytes troglodytes
  507. Trogon elegans
  508. Tryngites subruficollis
  509. Turdus migratorius
  510. Tympanuchus cupido
  511. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
  512. Tympanuchus phasianellus
  513. Tyrannus dominicensis
  514. Tyrannus forficatus
  515. Tyrannus melancholicus
  516. Tyrannus savana
  517. Tyrannus tyrannus
  518. Tyrannus verticalis
  519. Tyrannus vociferans
  520. Tyto alba
  521. Vermivora bachmanii
  522. Vermivora chrysoptera
  523. Vireo atricapilla
  524. Vireo bellii
  525. Vireo flavifrons
  526. Vireo gilvus
  527. Vireo huttoni
  528. Vireo olivaceus
  529. Vireo philadelphicus
  530. Vireo solitarius
  531. Vireo vicinior
  532. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  533. Xema sabini
  534. Zenaida asiatica
  535. Zenaida macroura
  536. Zonotrichia atricapilla
  537. Zonotrichia leucophrys
  538. Zonotrichia querula

Geographic Coverages

This bounding box is not precise.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. North American Bird Phenology Program Bibliography. - https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bpp/Bibliography2.cfm

Contacts

Sam Droege
originator
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
Derek Masaki
originator
position: Geographer
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
email: dmasaki@usgs.gov
Sam Droege
metadata author
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
Elizabeth Sellers
metadata author
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
Telephone: +1 703-648-4385
email: esellers@usgs.gov
Sam Droege
user
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
Sam Droege
administrative point of contact
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
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