Datasets

Bird monitoring data resources represent arguably the most comprehensive time-series environmental data in existence. These data, gathered by hundreds of independent projects, have collected over 100 million records over the past 100 years.

Show datasets for project: all projects Alberta Breeding Bird AtlasAlberta Nocturnal Owl SurveyAmerican Woodcock Singing Ground SurveyAtlantic Canada Bank Swallow MonitoringAtlantic Canada Coastal Waterbird SurveyAtlantic Canada Nocturnal Owl SurveyBC & North Nocturnal Owl SurveyBC Joint Venture MonitoringBeached Bird SurveysBirds Canada - Species at risk programBirds Canada LearnBreeding Bird SurveyBritish Columbia Breeding Bird AtlasBritish Columbia Coastal Disturbance ProjectBritish Columbia Coastal Waterbird SurveyBritish Columbia Long-billed Curlew ProjectBritish Columbia Marsh Monitoring ProgramCanadian Breeding Bird AtlasCanadian Lakes Loon SurveyCanadian Migration Monitoring NetworkCanadian Nightjar SurveyChristmas Bird CountsChristmas Bird Counts for KidsDemo projectGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility datasetsGrassland Bird Monitoring Program Great Backyard Bird CountGreat Blue Heron Colony MonitoringLong Point Bird ObservatoryManitoba Breeding Bird AtlasManitoba Nocturnal Owl SurveyMaritimes Breeding Bird AtlasMaritimes Marsh Monitoring ProgramMaritimes Piping Plover SurveyMaritimes SwiftWatchMarsh Monitoring ProgramMarsh WatchMotusMountain Bird WatchMountain BirdWatchNatureCountsNatureCounts (hosted datasets)Newfoundland Breeding Bird AtlasNortheast Nightjar SurveyOntario Bank Swallow ProjectOntario Breeding Bird AtlasOntario Breeding Bird Atlas Special SurveysOntario Forest Bird At RiskOntario Forest Bird Monitoring ProgramOntario Owl SurveyOntario Piping Plover Ontario SwiftWatchOntario Whip-poor-will ProjectPennsylvania Breeding Bird AtlasProgram for Regional and International Shorebird MonitoringProject FeederWatchProject NestWatchProject OwlNetProject WoodlandWatchQuébec Beached Birds SurveyQuébec Breeding Bird AtlasQuébec Nocturnal Owl SurveyRaptor Population IndexRenfrew County BiotabaseSaskatchewan Breeding Bird AtlasSaskatchewan Nocturnal Owl Survey Schoolyard Bird BlitzSwifts and SwallowsThe State of Canada's BirdsTrinational Monarch Knowledge NetworkVancouver Window Collision ProjectWestern Screech-Owl Nestbox MonitoringWildTraxWind Energy Bird & Bat Monitoring DatabaseWisconsin Nocturnal Bird MonitoringeBird Canada

		Records	Access Level
1	Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Western US) Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service	11,665,251	Level 5
2	Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Eastern US) Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service	10,761,296	Level 5
3	Breeding Bird Surveys (total per route) Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service	5,735,895	Level 5
4	Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Canada) Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service	4,543,180	Level 5
5	Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Mexico) Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service	n/a	Level 2