Canadian Breeding Bird Census Plots
The Canadian Breeding Bird Census (BBC) Database contains data for 928 breeding bird plot censuses representing all known censuses of breeding birds carried out in Canada during the period 1929–1993. The 928 records in the database represent 640 unique census plots located in all provinces and territories, except Prince Edward Island. The BBC, which was replaced by the current Breeding Bird Survey, is one of the longest-running surveys of bird populations in North America, and was designed to help determine abundance and distribution patterns of bird species. An important feature of the BBC Database is the habitat data associated with each census plot. The most prevalent vegetation species in different layers (canopy, shrub and ground cover) were recorded to reflect the assumption that birds respond principally to vegetative structure.
Basic view
Metadata Record Information
- File Identifier
- 0a2dfadd-57eb-4d64-a56d-ff53c431aaaa XML
- Date Stamp
- 2022-06-29T20:52:33
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy Level
- Dataset
http://ec.gc.ca
Data identification
- Date (Creation)
- 2017-11-15
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-05-01
- Status
- Completed
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Not planned
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Hours of Service
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8:30 am to 4:30 pm EST
Keywords
- Theme
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Breeding Bird Census; Mapping; Habitat; Bird Densities; Birds; Census Plots
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Location
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Birds
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Nature and Biodiversity
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Business Functions
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Protect Species Well-Being
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Assess Status of Species
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Geography
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National (CA)
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Environmental Stewardship Branch
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Canadian Wildlife Service
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external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
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1.1.3. Migratory Birds
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external.theme.GC_Security_Level
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Unclassified
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )
- Access Constraints
- Unrestricted
- Use Constraints
- Unrestricted
- Begin Date
- 1937-04-01
- End Date
- 1993-09-30
Extent
Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution
Distribution Formats
- Distribution format
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SHP
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10.2
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SHP
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10.2
)
http://ec.gc.ca