Birds Occurrence Data in Kenya 1999 -2006

Occurrence
Latest version published by Kenya Wildlife Service on Jan 18, 2019 Kenya Wildlife Service
Publication date:
18 January 2019
Published by:
Kenya Wildlife Service
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

Organization of Ebird records

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 17,168 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Mukeka J, Hongo P (2019): Birds Occurrence Data in Kenya 1999 -2006. v1.1. Kenya Wildlife Service. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ebird_occurrence_data&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Kenya Wildlife Service. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 51774548-fc4f-4e97-a1e3-54fd3a34bd6d.  Kenya Wildlife Service publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Joseph Mukeka
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
SS-GIS and Database
Kenya Wildlife Service
P. O. Box 40241
00100 Nairobi
Nairobi
KE
Peter Hongo
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Senior GIS Officer
Kenya Wildlife Service
P. O. Box 40241
00100 Nairobi
Nairobi
KE
Patrick Omondi
  • Point Of Contact
Director- Biodiversity Research and Planning
Kenya Wildlife Service
P. O. Box 40241
00100 Nairobi
Nairobi
KE
Patrick Omondi
  • Point Of Contact
Director - Biodiversity, Research and Planning
Kenya Wildlife Service
P. O. Box 40241
00100 Nairobi
Nairobi
KE
Paul Matiku
  • Originator
Executive Director
Nature Kenya
P.O. Box 44486
00100 Nairobi
Nairobi
KE

Geographic Coverage

Republic of Kenya

Bounding Coordinates South West [-4.8, 33.8], North East [5, 42]

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 199-01-04 to 2006-01-31

Project Data

E-Birds Occurrence Data in Kenya. The data mobilized was collected from 1999-01-04 to 2006-01-31

Title E-Birds Occurrence Data in Kenya
Funding Kenya government and donor support
Study Area Description National

The personnel involved in the project:

Paul Gacheru
  • User

Sampling Methods

Total count using transects

Study Extent National
Quality Control This is done through data processing that include data cleaning and verification

Method step description:

  1. Participants are trained followed by census. The training also involve the distribution of transects and block maps

Additional Metadata

Purpose To determine birds abundance
Maintenance Description Yearly
Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ebird_occurrence_data