NY Breeding Bird Atlas Third Edition · 2020 – 2024
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Every record the atlases have produced is here, free for non-commercial research, education, and public interest. Sign the terms once and the data follows you home in a flat CSV, a GeoTIFF, or a spatial package ready for ArcGIS or QGIS.


Data products

Product Atlas Format Size Action
Raw block-level records Atlas I · 1980 – 85 CSV · Parquet 12.4 MB Download →
Raw block-level records Atlas II · 2000 – 05 CSV · Parquet 47.1 MB Download →
Raw block-level records Atlas III · 2020 – 24 CSV · Parquet 288 MB Download →
Point-level records · Atlas III 2020 – 24 CSV · GeoPackage 1.6 GB Sign & download →
Modeled occupancy · 253 species Atlas III GeoTIFF 4.2 GB Download →
Modeled abundance · 253 species Atlas III GeoTIFF 4.2 GB Download →
Change maps · I → III Atlas I · III GeoTIFF · CSV 1.1 GB Download →
Block boundaries All Shapefile · GeoJSON 8.3 MB Download →

API access

The full atlas is available through a stable REST API for researchers and integrators. Authenticated keys are free; rate limits scale with institutional affiliation. Documentation follows OpenAPI 3.1.

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Sensitive species

For nine sensitive species including Henslow's Sparrow, Short-eared Owl, and Bicknell's Thrush, precise coordinates are masked to block level in public downloads. Full-resolution data is available to qualified researchers under a separate data-use agreement.