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The North American Breeding Bird Survey Results and Analysis 1966-2010 Dedicated to Chandler S. Robbins, originator of the survey.

Please cite this Page as:

Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, J. E. Fallon, K. L. Pardieck, D. J. Ziolkowski, Jr., and W. A. Link. 2011. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2010. Version 12.07.2011 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Most Recent Update: 16 April 2012.

This website presents population change information for more than 400 species of North American birds, as estimated from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Estimates of trend (interval-specific estimates of population change), annual indices of abundance, and maps of abundance and population change for these species are presented for a variety of regions.

Please Note:

This website contains the first public copy of 1966 - 2010 BBS analysis results. We welcome comments on the results presented here. Public review and feedback of the results are a critical part of the scientific review of the website, and we thank you in advance for taking a careful look at these summaries.

Note that some of the bird species names we use out-of-date; we are in the process of updating taxonomy to correspond to the most recent AOU Checklist Update .

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