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.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2017-11-15
Date ( RI_367 )
2018-05-01
Identifier
10.18164/0a2dfadd-57eb-4d64-a56d-ff53c431aaaa
Identifier
10.18164/0a2dfadd-57eb-4d64-a56d-ff53c431aaaa
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; CWS - Marc-André Cyr ( Wildlife Biologist )
351 St-Joseph Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
819-938-3983
Hours of service
8:30 am to 4:30 pm EST
Status
completed; complété RI_593
RI_414
  Government of Canada - ( )
Canada
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Breeding Bird Census; Mapping; Habitat; Bird Densities; Birds; Census Plots
  • Location
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Birds
ECCC Information Category EN ECCC Information Category FR ( RI_528 )
  • Nature and Biodiversity
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( RI_528 )
  • Protect Species Well-Being
  • Assess Status of Species
external.theme.EC_Branch local.theme.external.theme.EC_Branch ( RI_528 )
  • Environmental Stewardship Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate local.theme.external.theme.EC_Directorate ( RI_528 )
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA local.theme.external.theme.EC_Program_PAA ( RI_528 )
  • 1.1.3. Migratory Birds
external.theme.GC_Security_Level local.theme.external.theme.GC_Security_Level ( RI_528 )
  • Unclassified
Geography Portée Géographique ( Place )
  • National (CA)
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
licenseUnrestricted; licenceSansRestriction RI_610
Use constraints
licenseUnrestricted; licenceSansRestriction RI_610
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
1937-04-01
End date
1993-09-30
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Supplemental Information

The report describing the contents of the Canadian Breeding Bird (Mapping) Census Database is available at the following address: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/CW69-5-342E.pdf

The main sources of the census data were published articles, and unpublished reports, theses and census lists. The two datasets provide descriptive information for census plots, source citations and summary census data, and data for each species observed in census plots.
Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • SHP ( 10.2 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
OnLine resource
CanadianBridingBirdsCensus.gdb.zip ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

OnLine resource
report_e.pdf ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
rapport_f.pdf ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (English) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
View ECCC Data Mart (French) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
CanadianBreedingBirdCensusPlots_ParcellesDeRecensementDesOiseauxNicheursDuCanada.csv ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XLS;eng,fra

OnLine resource
CanadianBreedingBirdCensusSpecies_EspecesDeRecensementDesOiseauxNicheursDuCanada.csv ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;XML;eng,fra

File identifier
0a2dfadd-57eb-4d64-a56d-ff53c431aaaa XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-04-01T19:58:29.086Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
Enviroment Canada - Version 1
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
 
 

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