Data · dataset · 2025
Bird Species of Special Concern [ds463]
Listed in California Open Data
This data set is an intersection of all 63 vector polygon ranges depicted in the following publication with a statewide grid of 25 square mile hexagon cells.
Description
Shuford, W.D., and Gardali, T., editors. 2008. California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California.
Studies of Western Birds 1. Western Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, California, and California Department of Fish and Game. Sacramento. dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/species/ssc/birds.html The vector polygon ranges were hand drawn at a scale of 1:6,600,000 by authors and editors of the Bird Species of Special Concern report and digitized into shapefiles by staff of the Biogeographic Data Branch, California Department of Fish and Game.
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The hexagon grid for the state was created by Steve Goldman by modifying an AML (Arc Macro Language) script originally written by Eric Kauffman.
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page data-cdfw.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/CDFW::bird-species-of-special-concern-ds463-1 ↗
documentation · download · from data ca gov
- ArcGIS GeoService services2.arcgis.com/Uq9r85Potqm3MfRV/arcgis/rest/services/biosds463_fpu/FeatureSer… ↗
download · from data ca gov
Where it is published
- California Open Data dataset page data.ca.gov/dataset/bird-species-of-special-concern-ds463 ↗
landing page · from data ca gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ca.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=c52f9975-83fd-4847-bdfa-8a20881fa… ↗
metadata API · from data ca gov
Topics
- Stated by source
- Natural Resources
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Open Data | c52f9975-83fd-4847-bdfa-8a20881fa21c | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ckan_group:data_ca_gov:natural-resources | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ca gov | connector:data_ca_gov@1.0.0 |