Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr., and K. M.
        Cassidy
      Publication_Date: 1997
      Title:
        Washington Gap Project Breeding Bird Distribution
        Models
      Edition: Version 5
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
        Publisher:
          Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
          Unit
      Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.dfw.wa.gov/pub/gapdata/birds
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Authors: M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr.,
            and K. M. Cassidy
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            Breeding Birds of Washington State: Location
            data and modeled distributions
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
            Publisher: Seattle Audubon Society
          Other_Citation_Details:
            Volume 4 of the Washington State Gap Analysis
            Final Report
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Breeding bird distribution models for Washington State were
      created as part of the Washington State Gap Analysis Project
      (WAGAP). WAGAP is part of the national Gap Analysis Project,
      funded by the US Geological Survey-Biological Resources
      Division. Bird models were based on a 1991 land cover
      classification with a minimum mapping unit of 100 hectares.
      Information on species range limits and habitat associations
      was based on location data (mostly breeding bird records for
      1987-1996), information about current distribution,
      literature review, and expert opinion.
    Purpose:
      Models were created as part of a larger study (the
      Washington State Gap Analysis Project) to establish
      conservation priorities in Washington State. Conservation
      priorities were based on land cover and breeding terrestrial
      vertebrate distributions. The modeled distributions
      themselves, however, have value beyond the original study.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 19910522
        Ending_Date: 19920531
    Currentness_Reference:
      Modeled distributions were based on 1991 land cover
      information (Gap land cover, version 5)
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Washington State
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.675
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.5
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Breeding Birds
      Theme_Keyword: Modeled distribution
      Theme_Keyword: Model
      Theme_Keyword: Distribution
      Theme_Keyword: Vertebrate model
      Theme_Keyword: Habitat Modeling
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: North America
      Place_Keyword: Washington State
      Place_Keyword: United States
  Taxonomy:
    Keywords/Taxon:
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Birds
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gavia immer
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Loon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Podilymbus podiceps
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pied-billed Grebe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Podiceps grisegena
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-necked Grebe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Podiceps nigricollis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Eared Grebe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aechmophorus occidentalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Grebe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aechmophorus clarkii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Clark's Grebe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Oceanodroma furcata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Oceanodroma leucorhoa
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Leach's Storm-Petrel
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Phalacrocorax penicillatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Brandt's Cormorant
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Phalacrocorax auritus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Double-crested Cormorant
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Phalacrocorax pelagicus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pelagic Cormorant
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Botaurus lentiginosus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Bittern
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ardea herodias
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Great Blue Heron
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ardea alba
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Great Egret
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Butorides virescens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Green Heron
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Nycticorax nycticorax
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-crowned Night-Heron
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Branta canadensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Canada Goose
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aix sponsa
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Wood Duck
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas crecca
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Green-winged Teal
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas platyrhynchos
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Mallard
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas acuta
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Pintail
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas discors
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Blue-winged Teal
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas cyanoptera
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cinnamon Teal
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas clypeata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Shoveler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas strepera
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gadwall
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anas americana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Wigeon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aythya valisineria
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Canvasback
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aythya americana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Redhead
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aythya collaris
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ring-necked Duck
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aythya affinis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lesser Scaup
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Histrionicus histrionicus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Harlequin Duck
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bucephela clangula
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Goldeneye
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bucephala islandica
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Barrow's Goldeneye
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bucephala albeola
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bufflehead
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lophodytes cucullatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hooded Merganser
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Mergus merganser
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Merganser
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Oxyura jamaicensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ruddy Duck
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cathartes aura
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Turkey Vulture
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pandion haliaetus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Osprey
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Elanus leucurus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-tailed Kite
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bald Eagle
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Circus cyaneus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Harrier
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Accipiter striatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sharp-shinned Hawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Accipiter cooperii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cooper's Hawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Accipiter gentilis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Goshawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Buteo swainsoni
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Swainson's Hawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Buteo jamaicensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-tailed Hawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Buteo regalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ferruginous Hawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aquila chrysaetos
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Golden Eagle
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Falco sparverius
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Kestrel
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Falco columbarius
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Merlin
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Falco peregrinus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Peregrine Falcon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Falco mexicanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Prairie Falcon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Perdix perdix
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gray Partridge
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Alectoris chukar
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chukar
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Phasianus colchicus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ring-necked Pheasant
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendragapus canadensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spruce Grouse
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendragapus obscurus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Blue Grouse
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lagopus leucurus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-tailed Grouse
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bonasa umbellus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ruffed Grouse
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Centrocercus urophasianus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sage Grouse
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tympanuchus phasianellus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sharp-tailed Grouse
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Meleagris gallopavo
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Wild Turkey
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Colinus virginianus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Bobwhite
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Callipepla californica
      Taxonomic_Keywords: California Quail
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Oreortyx pictus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Mountain Quail
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Grus canadensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sandhill Crane
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Rallus limicola
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Virginia Rail
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Porzana carolina
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sora
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Fulica americana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Charadrius alexandrinus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Snowy Plover
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Charadrius vociferus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Killdeer
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Haematopus bachmani
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black Oystercatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Himantopus mexicanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-necked Stilt
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Recurvirostra americana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Avocet
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Actitis macularia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spotted Sandpiper
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bartramia longicauda
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Upland Sandpiper
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Numenius americanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Long-billed Curlew
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gallinago gallinago
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Snipe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Phalaropus tricolor
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Wilson's Phalarope
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Larus delawarensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ring-billed Gull
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Larus californicus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: California Gull
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Larus occidentalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Gull
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Larus glaucescens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Glaucous-winged Gull
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sterna forsteri
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Forster's Tern
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sterna caspia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Caspian Tern
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chlidonias niger
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black Tern
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Uria aalge
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Murre
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cepphus columba
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pigeon Guillemot
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Brachyramphus marmoratus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Marbled Murrelet
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ptychoramphus aleuticus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cerorhinca monocerata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Rhinoceros Auklet
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Fratercula cirrhata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tufted Puffin
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Columba livia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Rock Dove
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Columba fasciata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Band-tailed Pigeon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Zenaida macroura
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Mourning Dove
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tyto alba
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Barn Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Otus flammeolus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Flammulated Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Otus kennicottii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Screech-Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bubo virginianus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Great Horned Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Glaucidium gnoma
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Pygmy-Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Speotyto cunicularia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Burrowing Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Strix occidentalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spotted Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Strix varia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Barred Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Strix nebulosa
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Great Gray Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Asio otus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Long-eared Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Asio flammeus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Short-eared Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aegolius funereus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Boreal Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aegolius acadicus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Saw-whet Owl
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chordeiles minor
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Nighthawk
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Poorwill
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cypseloides niger
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black Swift
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chaetura vauxi
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vaux's Swift
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aeronautes saxatalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-throated Swift
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Archilochus alexandri
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-chinned Hummingbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Calypte anna
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anna's Hummingbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Stellula calliope
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Calliope Hummingbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Selasphorus rufus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Rufous Hummingbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ceryle alcyon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Belted Kingfisher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Melanerpes lewis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lewis' Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sphyrapicus nuchalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-naped Sapsucker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sphyrapicus ruber
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-breasted Sapsucker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sphyrapicus thyroideus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Williamson's Sapsucker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Picoides pubescens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Downy Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Picoides villosus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hairy Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Picoides albolarvatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-headed Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Picoides tridactylus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Three-toed Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Picoides arcticus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-backed Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Colaptes auratus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Flicker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dryocopus pileatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pileated Woodpecker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Contopus borealis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Olive-sided Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Contopus sordidulus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Wood-Pewee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax traillii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Willow Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax minimus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Least Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax hammondii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hammond's Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax oberholseri
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dusky Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax wrightii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gray Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax difficilis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pacific-slope Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Empidonax occidentalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cordilleran Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sayornis saya
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Say's Phoebe
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Myiarchus cinerascens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ash-throated Flycatcher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tyrannus verticalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Kingbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tyrannus tyrannus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Eastern Kingbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Eremophila alpestris
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Horned Lark
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Progne subis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Purple Martin
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tachycineta bicolor
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tree Swallow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Tachycineta thalassina
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Violet-green Swallow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Stelgidopteryx serripennis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Rough-winged Swallow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Riparia riparia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bank Swallow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hirundo pyrrhonota
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cliff Swallow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hirundo rustica
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Barn Swallow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Perisoreus canadensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gray Jay
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cyanocitta stelleri
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Steller's Jay
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Aphelocoma californica
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Scrub-Jay
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Nucifraga columbiana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Clark's Nutcracker
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pica pica
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-billed Magpie
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Corvus brachyrhynchos
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Crow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Corvus caurinus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northwestern Crow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Corvus corax
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Raven
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Parus atricapillus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-capped Chickadee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Parus gambeli
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Mountain Chickadee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Parus hudsonicus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Boreal Chickadee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Parus rufescens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chestnut-backed Chickadee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Psaltriparus minimus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bushtit
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sitta canadensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-breasted Nuthatch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sitta carolinensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-breasted Nuthatch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sitta pygmaea
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pygmy Nuthatch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Certhia americana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Brown Creeper
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Salpinctes obsoletus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Rock Wren
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Catherpes mexicanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Canyon Wren
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Thryomanes bewickii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bewick's Wren
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Troglodytes aedon
      Taxonomic_Keywords: House Wren
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Troglodytes troglodytes
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Winter Wren
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cistothorus palustris
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Marsh Wren
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cinclus mexicanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Dipper
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Regulus satrapa
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Golden-crowned Kinglet
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Regulus calendula
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sialia mexicana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Bluebird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sialia currucoides
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Mountain Bluebird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Myadestes townsendi
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Townsend's Solitaire
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cathartes fuscecens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Veery
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cathartes ustulatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Swainson's Thrush
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cathartes guttatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hermit Thrush
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Turdus migratorius
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Robin
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ixoreus naevius
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Varied Thrush
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dumetella carolinensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gray Catbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Oreoscoptes montanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sage Thrasher
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Anthus rubescens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Pipit
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bombycilla cedrorum
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cedar Waxwing
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lanius ludovicianus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Loggerhead Shrike
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sturnus vulgaris
      Taxonomic_Keywords: European Starling
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vireo solitarius
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Solitary Vireo
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vireo huttoni
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hutton's Vireo
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vireo gilvus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Warbling Vireo
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vireo olivaceus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-eyed Vireo
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vermivora celata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Orange-crowned Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vermivora ruficapilla
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Nashville Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendroica petechia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendroica coronata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow-rumped Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendroica nigrescens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-throated Gray Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendroica townsendi
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Townsend's Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dendroica occidentalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Hermit Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Setophaga ruticilla
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Redstart
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Seiurus noveboracensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern Waterthrush
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Oporornis tolmiei
      Taxonomic_Keywords: MacGillivray's Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Geothlypis trichas
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Common Yellowthroat
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Wilsonia pusilla
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Wilson's Warbler
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Icteria virens
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow-breasted Chat
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Piranga ludoviciana
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Tanager
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pheucticus melanocephalus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-headed Grosbeak
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Passerina amoena
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lazuli Bunting
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pipilo chlorurus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Green-tailed Towhee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pipilo maculatus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spotted Towhee
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spizella passerina
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chipping Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spizella pallida
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Clay-colored Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Spizella breweri
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Brewer's Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pooecetes gramineus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Vesper Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Chondestes grammacus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lark Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphispiza bilineata
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-throated Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphispiza belli
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sage Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Passerculus sandwichensis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Savannah Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Ammodramus savannarum
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Grasshopper Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Passerella iliaca
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Fox Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Melospiza melodia
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Song Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Melospiza lincolnii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lincoln's Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Zonotrichia leucophrys
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-crowned Sparrow
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Junco hyemalis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dark-eyed Junco
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Dolichonyx oryzivorus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bobolink
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Agelaius phoeniceus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red-winged Blackbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Sturnella neglecta
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Western Meadowlark
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow-headed Blackbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Euphagus cyanocephalus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Brewer's Blackbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Molothrus ater
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Brown-headed Cowbird
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Icterus bullockii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Bullock's Oriole
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucosticte tephrocotis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pinicola enucleator
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pine Grosbeak
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Carpodacus purpureus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Purple Finch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Carpodacus cassinii
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Cassin's Finch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Carpodacus mexicanus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: House Finch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Loxia curvirostra
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Red Crossbill
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Loxia leucoptera
      Taxonomic_Keywords: White-winged Crossbill
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Carduelis pinus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Pine Siskin
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Carduelis psaltria
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Lesser Goldfinch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Carduelis tristis
      Taxonomic_Keywords: American Goldfinch
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Coccothraustes vespertinus
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Evening Grosbeak
      Taxonomic_Keywords: Passer domesticus
      Taxonomic_Keywords:
        House Sparrow
        Taxonomic_Coverage:
        Specific_Taxonomic_Information:
    General_Taxonomic_Coverage: Breeding birds of Washington State. Birds that only  winter or migrate through were excluded. Only breeding ranges were modeled for breeding birds. Birds of rare  or very sporadic occurrence were not modeled.
  Access_Constraints:
    Contact the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for
    location data used to help construct models.
  Use_Constraints: None, but the user should be aware of scale limitations
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Kelly M. Cassidy
        Contact_Organization:
          Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
          Unit
      Contact_Position:
        Washington State Gap Analysis Project
        Leader
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
        Address:
          Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
          Unit
        Address: MS 357980
        Address: University of Washington
        City: Seattle
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 98195
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 206-543-6475
      Hours_of_Service:
        8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through
        Friday
      Contact_Instructions:
        Kelly Cassidy will not be at the Coop Unit after 1998,
        but they will be able to provide a contact location
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: ftp://ftp.dfw.wa.gov/pub/gapdata/birds/gifs/cacas.gif
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Modeled distribution of Cassin's Finch in Washington State
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Arc/Info 7.0
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Authors: M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr. and K. M.
        Cassidy
      Publication_Date: 1997
      Title:
        Breeding Birds of Washington State: Location data and
        modeled distributions
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
        Publisher:
          Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
          Unit
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Volume 4 of the Washington State Gap Analysis Final
        Report

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Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      No statistically valid accuracy assessment for errors of
      omission and commission was conducted. However, we did a
      non-random assessment for errors of omission for the
      amphibians and reptiles, which were modeled in the same way
      as the birds. For the amphibians and reptiles, after the
      initial models were constructed, we used 2,838 new records
      not used to construct the models to test for errors of
      omission. These "new" points consisted of museum records
      that had not been obtained prior to the first modeling
      attempts, locations from recent studies, and incidental
      observations. The latter were often reported because the
      observer knew the specimen was outside or at the edge of its
      known range. Results were that 96% of the amphibian points
      and 95% of the reptile points fell within the modeled
      distributions. Most errors were due to new points falling
      outside the original modeled range, rather than errors of
      habitat association. Bird models tended to be less
      conservation than herp models with respect to range limits.
  Logical_Consistency_Report: All vertebrate models were based on the same land cover map.
  Completeness_Report:
    All breeding birds known to breed in Washington State were
    included. Only breeding Ranges were included.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        The land cover map had a 100-hectare minimum mapping
        unit, so the models can be no more spatially accurate
        than that. In practice, many of the polygons were
        larger than 100 hectares.
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable.
  Lineage:
    Methodology:
      Methodology_Type: Step 1: Land Cover Mapping
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Methodology_Description:
        The first step in creation of the vertebrate models was
        creation of a land cover map. Land cover map creation
        is more fully described in the WAGAP land cover
        metadata. Briefly, the land cover map was created by 1)
        spectrally clustering TM data from 1991 satellite
        imagery, 2) On-screen manual digitizing of land cover
        polygons with the spectrally clustered and colored
        satellite imagery and ancillary data as a backdrop, and
        3) Labeling of land cover polygons with ecoregion,
        vegetation zone, and current land cover. Current land
        cover was given as primary cover (the cover occupying
        the greatest percentage of the polygon) and, if
        necessary, secondary and tertiary cover.
      Methodology_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Cassidy, K. M.
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            Land cover of Washington State: Description
            and management
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              Gap analysis of Washington State
              - Final Report
            Issue_Identification: Volume 1
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
            Publisher:
              Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
              Research Unit, University of Washington
      Methodology_Type: Step 2: Location Data Collection
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Methodology_Keyword: Habitat matrix
        Methodology_Keyword: Habitat association
        Methodology_Keyword: Habitat quality modeling
      Methodology_Description:
        Location data were primarily from the Washington State
        Breeding Bird Atlas. Data were collected over a 10-year
        period from 1987 through 1996. Data were mapped to
        quarter Township/Ranges. Over 100,000 records were
        collected.
      Methodology_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Authors: M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr.,
            and K. M. Cassidy
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            Breeding Birds of Washington State: Location
            data and modeled distributions
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
            Publisher:
              Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
              Research Unit
          Other_Citation_Details:
            Volume 4 of the Washington State Gap Analysis
            Final Report
      Methodology_Type: Step 3: Range delineation
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Methodology_Keyword: Vertebrate modeling
        Methodology_Keyword: Habitat modeling
        Methodology_Keyword: Range limits
      Methodology_Description:
        Range limits were delineated using
        location data.
      Methodology_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Authors: M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr.,
            and K. M. Cassidy
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            Breeding birds of Washington State: Location
            data and modeled distributions
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
            Publisher:
              Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
              Research Unit
          Other_Citation_Details:
            Volume 4 of the Washington State Gap Analysis
            Final Report
      Methodology_Type: Step 4: Habitat Matrix Development
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Methodology_Keyword: Habitat quality
        Methodology_Keyword: Habitat matrix
        Methodology_Keyword: vertebrate modeling
      Methodology_Description:
        We made a habitat matrix with all possible ecoregion,
        vegetation zone, and land cover combinations on one
        side and species on the other. We defined 8 levels of
        habitat quality: 0-unsuitable; 1-suitable, but quality
        unknown (in practice, we never used this); 2-good
        habitat in a vegetation zone core for that species;
        3-adequate habitat in a zone core for that species;
        4-suitable habitat in a core zone, if it contains
        appropriate habitat below our minimum mapping unit
        (e.g., small wetlands or talus slopes), termed
        contingently suitable, core zone; 5-good habitat in a
        peripheral vegetation zone; 6-adequate habitat in a
        peripheral zone; 7-contingently suitable habitat in a
        peripheral zone.
      Methodology_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Authors: M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr.,
            and K. M. Cassidy
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            Breeding birds of Washington State: Location
            data and modeled distributions
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
            Publisher:
              Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
              Research Unit
          Other_Citation_Details:
            Volume 4 of the Washington State Gap Analysis
            Final Report
      Methodology_Type:
        Step 5: Intersection of range limits with appropriate
        habitat
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Methodology_Description:
        Range limits were intersected with land cover to select
        land cover polygons within the species' range limits.
        From this subset of land cover polygons, the habitat
        matrix was used to select suitable land cover and to
        assign a habitat quality code to primary, secondary,
        and tertiary cover
      Methodology_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Authors: M. R. Smith, P. W. Mattocks, Jr.,
            and K. M. Cassidy
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            Breeding birds of Washington State: Location
            data and modeled distributions
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Seattle, WA
            Publisher:
              Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
              Research Unit
          Other_Citation_Details:
            Volume 4 of the Washington State Gap Analysis
            Final Report
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Bird models were created by collecting location data,
        determining range limits, building a habitat matrix
        based on location data, literature review, and expert
        opinion, and intersecting range limits with appropriate
        habitat in Washington State
      Process_Date:
        1991

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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:
    Vector

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name:
          State Plane Coordinate
          System 1927
        State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
          SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 4602
          Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
            Standard_Parallel: 45.8333
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.5
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.83333
            False_Easting: 609601.2192
            False_Northing: 0
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 82.02
          Ordinate_Resolution: 82.02
        Planar_Distance_Units: Survey Feet
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
        294.98

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      For each polygon, there are three codes indicating whether
      the primary, secondary (if applicable), and tertiary (if
      applicable) land covers were good, adequate, or contingently
      suitable habitat in either core or peripheral zones for the
      species. Habitat codes are 2 (good habitat, core zone), 3
      (adequate, core zone), 4 (contingently suitable, core), 5
      (good, peripheral), 6 (adequate, peripheral), and 7
      (contingently suitable, peripheral).
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      A complete data dictionary may be downloaded from
      ftp://ftp.dfw.wa.gov/pub/gapdata/birds

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Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          Washington Department of Fish and
          Wildlife
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing Address
        Address: 600 Capitol Way North
        City: Olympia
        State_or_Province: Washington
        Postal_Code: 98501
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-902-2543
      Hours_of_Service:
        8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through
        Friday
  Resource_Description:
    Washington Gap Breeding Bird Distribution Models for Washington
    State
  Distribution_Liability:
    Although these data have been processed successfully on a
    computer system at the Washington Department of Fish and
    Wildlife, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the
    accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for
    general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution
    constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to
    individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It
    is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired
    from a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife server, and not
    indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data
    in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful
    attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated
    with these data. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
    shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the
    data described and/or contained herein.
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARCE
        Format_Version_Number: Version 7.1
        File_Decompression_Technique: gzip
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: ftp://ftp.dfw.wa.gov/pub/gapdata/birds
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/wlm/gap/birds.htm
    Fees: None

Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Ree Brannon
        Contact_Organization: National GAP Analysis Program
      Contact_Position: Senior GIS Analyst
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 530 S. Asbury St., Suite 1
        City: Moscow
        State_or_Province: ID
        Postal_Code: 83843
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3720
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-3618
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: abrannon@uidaho.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Frid
  Distribution_Liability:
    Although these data have been processed
    successfully on a computer system at the U.S.
    Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or
    implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility
    of the data on any other system or for general or
    scientific purposes, nor shall the act of
    distribution constitute any such warranty. This
    disclaimer applies both to individual use of the
    data and aggregate use with other data.  It is
    strongly recommended that these data are directly
    acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and
    not indirectly through other sources which may
    have changed the data in some way.  It is also
    strongly recommended that careful attention be
    paid to the contents of the metadata file
    associated with these data.  The U.S. Geological
    Survey shall not be held liable for improper or
    incorrect use of the data described and/or
    contained herein.
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARC/INFO
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: http:/www.gap.uidaho.edu/gap
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: ISO
    Fees:
      none
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 19981221
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          Washington Department of Fish &
          Wildlife
      Contact_Position: Technical Services Manager, Wildlife Management Program
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing Address
        Address: 600 Capitol Way North
        City: Olympia
        State_or_Province: Washington
        Postal_Code: 98501
        Country: USA
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing Address
        City: Olympia
        State_or_Province: Washington
        Postal_Code: 98501
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-902-2515
      Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday
  Metadata_Standard_Name:
    NBS Content Standards for National Biological Information
    Infrastructure Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
  Metadata_Security_Information:
    Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
    Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
    Metadata_Security_Handling_Description:
      None

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