The sole output of this system is a single type of file representing encoded banding data. The file is a “flat file,” in which every field has the same number of characters on every line. The layout of this file is stipulated by IBP, although there are minor changes from year to year.
The authority for the format of the flat file output by
this system is a dBASE V file named BNDSTR04.DBF. The sections below, describing
each field, are titled with the dBASE V field names.
| Name | Type | Size | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
LOC | C | 4 | Location code. |
BS | C | 2 | Band size. |
PG | C | 3 | Page number, right-justified. |
C | C | 1 | Capture code. |
BAND | C | 9 | Band number. |
SPEC | C | 4 | In MAPS sets, the four-letter species code. Left blank in MAWS sets. |
SPEC6 | C | 6 | In MAWS sets, the six-letter species code. Left blank in MAPS sets. |
AGE | C | 1 |
Age code. Old-style codes (e.g., “L”) are converted to new-style
codes.
|
HA | C | 2 | How-aged codes, left-justified with blank fill. |
WRP | C | 3 | WRP molt cycle code. |
SEX | C | 1 | Sex code. |
HS | C | 2 | How-sexed codes, left-justified with blank fill. |
SK | C | 1 | Skull ossification code. |
CP | C | 1 | Cloacal protuberance code. |
BP | C | 1 | Brood patch code. |
F | C | 1 | Fat code. |
BM | C | 1 | Body molt code. |
FM | C | 1 | Flight feather molt code. |
FW | C | 1 | Flight feather wear code. |
JP | C | 1 | Juvenal plumage code. |
WNG | N | 3 | Wing chord in millimeters. |
WEIGHT | N | 5 | Weight in decigrams. |
STATUS | C | 3 | Status code; see Section 4.21, “Status code”. |
DATE | D | 8 |
Date as “YYYYMMDD”.
|
TIME | C | 3 |
Time as “HHM”; see
Section 4.23, “Capture time”.
|
STATION | C | 4 | Four-letter station code. |
NET | C | 4 | Net number, left-justified. |
DISP | C | 1 | Disposition code; see Section 4.26, “Disposition”. |
NOTE | C | 2 | Note number; see Section 4.27, “Note number”. |
PPC | C | 1 | Primary coverts micro-aging field; see Section 4.18, “Micro-aging fields”. |
SSC | C | 1 | Secondary coverts micro-aging. |
PPF | C | 1 | Primaries micro-aging. |
SSF | C | 1 | Secondaries micro-aging. |
TT | C | 1 | Tertials micro-aging. |
RR | C | 1 | Rectrices micro-aging. |
HD | C | 1 | Head plumage micro-aging (obsolete). |
UPP | C | 1 | Upperparts micro-aging (obsolete). |
UNP | C | 1 | Underparts micro-aging (obsolete). |
BPL | C | 1 | Body plumage micro-aging. |
NF | C | 1 | Non-feather micro-aging. |
FP | C | 1 | Feather-pulled code. |
COLOR | C | 5 | Color bands, left-justified. |
SWAB | C | 1 | Cloacal swab taken; see Section 4.29, “Cloacal swab”. |