iband7: IBP banding data entry system |  |
iband7: IBP banding data entry system | |
The Bird Banding Lab defines many status codes: see the North American Bird Banding Manual for the full set.
Because only a few show up in practice, we define here a single-character code for each one. The single-character code is used in actual data entry, and the data compiler will translate it to the BBL's code. See the “status” field under Section 6.13, “The encounter body section”.
| BBL code | IBP code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
000 | 0 | Not banded, released alive. |
300 | 3 | Banded, released (normal). |
301 | 1 | Banded, released with color bands. |
318 | 8 | Banded, released after a blood sample was taken. |
325 | 2 | Two or more types of auxiliary markers. |
500 | 5 | Injured bird, released. |
501 | 6 | Injured bird, released with color bands. |
518 | 9 | Injured bird, released after a blood sample was taken. |
700 | 7 | Rehab bird. |
The data compiler checks this field only syntactically,
not semantically. Status 301, for
example, should always be used if a bird is
color-banded, but the compiler does not complain if a
bander uses status 300 on a record that
carries a color-band field.