North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset, 2026 release (1966-2025)
U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center (with Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- CSV
- Coverage
- United States and Canada (BBS survey routes)
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Annual
Tags
Volunteers run each route once a year in the breeding season, mostly in June. The release includes route locations, weather and observer details.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center (with Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- No
- Modification allowed
- Yes
- Redistribution allowed
- Yes
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- United StatesUS
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- 1966–2025
- Download
- States.zip (CSV, 65.6 MB)50-StopData.zip (CSV, 69.0 MB)Routes.csv (CSV, 392 KB)SpeciesList.csv (CSV, 74 KB)Weather.csv (CSV, 14.1 MB)VehicleData.csv (CSV, 62.6 MB)
- Extent
- -179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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