BIAA - The Birds in Agricultural Areas Database | The Birds in
Agricultural Areas (BIAA) database is a cooperative program
between American Bird Conservancy (ABC), George Mason University
(GMU) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With
this project ABC, GMU and EPA hope to identify the extent to
which bird species in North America utilize agricultural fields
both geographically and seasonally as primary or incidental
habitat for foraging, breeding, cover, or roosting. All major
crops grown in the United States are included and geographic
data includes state or province and Bird Conservation Region as
defined by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative
(NABCI). Information to populate the database was obtained from
books, scientific journals, government reports, gray literature,
and a major library research project. This data is combined with
conservation status indicators for each species including the
Endangered Species Act Listings, American Bird Conservancy's
Green List, and the NABCI s