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 SurveyBeached Bird SurveysBirds Canada - Species at risk programBreeding 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 projectForest Bird Monitoring ProgramGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility datasetsGrassland Bird Monitoring Program Great Backyard Bird CountGreat Blue Heron Colony MonitoringManitoba Breeding Bird AtlasManitoba Nocturnal Owl SurveyMaritimes Breeding Bird AtlasMaritimes Marsh Monitoring ProgramMaritimes Piping Plover SurveyMaritimes SwiftWatchMarsh Monitoring ProgramMarsh WatchMotusMountain BirdWatchNatureCountsNatureCounts (hosted datasets)Newfoundland Breeding Bird AtlasNortheast Nightjar SurveyOntario Bank Swallow ProjectOntario Breeding Bird AtlasOntario Breeding Bird Atlas Special SurveysOntario Forest Bird Monitoring ProgramOntario Owl SurveyOntario Piping Plover Ontario SwiftWatchOntario Whip-poor-will ProjectProgram for Regional and International Shorebird MonitoringProject FeederWatchProject NestWatchProject WoodlandWatchQuébec Beached Birds SurveyQuébec Breeding Bird AtlasQuébec Nocturnal Owl SurveyRaptor Population IndexRenfrew County BiotabaseSaskatchewan Breeding Bird AtlasSaskatchewan Nocturnal Owl Survey Schoolyard Bird BlitzState of Canada's BirdsSwifts and SwallowsTrinational Monarch Knowledge NetworkVancouver Window Collision ProjectWestern Screech-Owl Nestbox MonitoringWildTraxWind Energy Bird & Bat Monitoring DatabaseWisconsin Nocturnal Bird MonitoringeBird Canada

		Records	Access Level
1	Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program - Bird Surveys Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service	429,125	Level 4
2	Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program - Amphibian Surveys Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service	95,530	Level 4
3	Maritimes Marsh Monitoring Program Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Fish and Wildlife Division, New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund	29,579	Level 3
4	British Columbia Marsh Monitoring Program - Bird Surveys Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, WildResearch	8,276	Level 3
5	British Columbia Marsh Monitoring Program - Habitat Surveys Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, WildResearch	541	Level 3
6	British Columbia Marsh Monitoring Program - Amphibian Surveys Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, WildResearch	425	Level 3