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Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995
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Nasirwa O.; Oyugi J.; Jackson C.; Lens L.; Bennun L.; Seys J.; Department of Ornithology, National Museums of Kenya; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995. https://doi.org/10.14284/175
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Count of observed waterbirds during a survey in Kenya in 1995. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Nasirwa, O.; Oyugi, J.; Jackson, C.; Lens, L.; Bennun, L.; Seys, J. (1995). Surveys of waterbirds in Kenya, 1995: Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports: Ornithology, 20. National Museums of Kenya: Nairobi. 22 pp. more
In February 1995, eight sites around Lake Victoria and beaches, reefs and creeks along the Kenyan coast from Vanga to Sabaki River mouth (around 220 km of shoreline, split into 15 sites) were surveyed and waterbirds counted. In March 1995, waterbirds were counted on the five large dams along the upper Tana River. These represent the first waterbird surveys for almost all of these sites. Five sites (Vanga Creek, Kilifi-Mida Beach, Malindi Marine Park, Sabaki River Mouth and Masinga Dam) qualify as Globally Important Bird Areas on the basis of their waterbird populations (and hence as potential Ramsar sites).
In February 1995, eight sites around Lake Victoria and beaches, reefs and creeks along the Kenyan coast from Vanga to Sabaki River mouth (around 220 km of shoreline, split into 15 sites) were surveyed and waterbirds counted. In March 1995, waterbirds were counted on the five large dams along the upper Tana River. These represent the first waterbird surveys for almost all of these sites. Five sites (Vanga Creek, Kilifi-Mida Beach, Malindi Marine Park, Sabaki River Mouth and Masinga Dam) qualify as Globally Important Bird Areas on the basis of their waterbird populations (and hence as potential Ramsar sites).
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Birds
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Terrestrial, Waterbirds, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Kenya, Tana R., Kenya, Victoria L., Aves
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 34,1333; MinLat: -4,6425 - MaxLong: 40,1539; MaxLat: -0,1167 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 34,1333; MinLat: -4,6425 - MaxLong: 40,1539; MaxLat: -0,1167 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenyan Coast [Marine Regions]
Kenya, Tana R. [Marine Regions]
Kenya, Victoria L. [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
4 February 1995 - 26 March 1995
Taxonomic coverage
Aves [WoRMS]
Parameters
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Count of birds
Count of birds
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data manager
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology, data creator
Nasirwa, Oliver
Oyugi, Joseph
Jackson, Colin
Lens, Luc
Bennun, Leon
Oyugi, Joseph
Jackson, Colin
Lens, Luc
Bennun, Leon
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), data creator
Seys, Jan
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Publication
Based on this dataset
Nasirwa, O. et al. (1995). Surveys of waterbirds in Kenya, 1995: Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports: Ornithology, 20. National Museums of Kenya: Nairobi. 22 pp.
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-05-17
Information last updated: 2016-11-09
