North American Bird Banding Summary Retrieval File

[For a more detailed metadata record, see: "gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/brd/brd_birdband.html"] The Banding Retrieval File contains summarized records for data through the last full calendar year for all game birds banded since 1908, and for all nongame birds banded since 1954. A summary record includes all birds of the same species, age and sex, with the same status and additional information codes, banded under the same permit number, within the same region and 10-minute block of latitude and longitude, during the same month and 5-day banding period, the same band type, and band number prefix.

The Banding Retrieval File contains over 9 million records representing over 50 million birds processed through August 1995. The file increases by approximately 1.2 million birds each year. Data are displayed in the following order: species number, region, year, permit, month, day code, status and additional information, age, sex, latitude, longitude, direction code, prefix and part of band suffix, total number of birds.