Description
These data were collected by the Forest Department of Uganda under the ‘Natural Forest Management and Conservation Project’ (No. 6100.37.42.015) and the project of ‘Institutional Support for the Protection of East African Biodiversity’ (UNO/RAF/006/GEF). These data were collected from 1993 to1995 and published in a series of reports edited by Howard and Davenport (1996).
The data have been mobilized by the staff of the A Rocha Uganda and A Rocha International under the project "Raising the profile of data for the conservation of four forested African landscapes" funded by GBIF's BID programme, and coordinated by A Rocha Kenya. The mobilised data consist of observation records of birds from Bukaleba forest reserve. The data are based on records collected between May,1993 and March,1995
Data Records
The data in this checklist 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 47 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:
Mbiro A, Barahukwa A (2023). Checklist of birds in Bukaleba forest, Uganda. Version 1.1. A Rocha Uganda. Checklist dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/africa/resource?r=checklistofbirdsofbukalebaforestreserve&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is A Rocha Uganda. 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: 63bbdc8a-4f42-4ecd-bf65-7a33f92e3f95. A Rocha Uganda publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Uganda.
Keywords
Checklist; Observation; Uganda; Birds; Bukaleba Forest Reserve; Derivedfromoccurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Bukaleba forest reserve
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [0.331, 33.359], North East [0.46, 33.473] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
A total of 47 bird (Aves) species were recorded and identified to species level
| Species | Lagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein, 1823) (African Firefinch), Bycanistes subcylindricus (Sclater, 1870) (Grey-cheeked Hornbill), Colius striatus Gmelin, 1789 (Speckled Mousebird), Treron calvus (Temminck, 1808) (African Green-pigeon), Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) (Red-eyed Dove), Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) (Ring-necked Dove), Turtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809) (Tambourine Dove), Ispidina picta (Boddaert, 1783) (African Pygmy-kingfisher), Chrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792) (African Emerald Cuckoo), Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783) (Diederik Cuckoo), Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815) (Klaas's Cuckoo), Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815 (Red-chested Cuckoo), Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 (White-browed Coucal), Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Helmeted Guineafowl), Pternistis squamatus (Cassin, 1857) (Scaly Francolin), Sarothrura pulchra (Gray, 1829) (White-spotted Flufftail), Crinifer zonurus (Rüppell, 1835) (Eastern Plantain-eater), Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) (Great Blue Turaco), Musophaga rossae Gould, 1852 (Ross's Turaco), Lagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein, 1823) (African Firefinch), Terpsiphone viridis (Müller, 1776) (African Paradise-flycatcher), Zosterops senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850 (African Yellow White-eye), Ploceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805) (Black-necked Weaver), Camaroptera brachyura (Vieillot, 1820) (Bleating Camaroptera), Illadopsis fulvescens (Cassin, 1859) (Brown Illadopsis), Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) (Common Bulbul), Euplectes axillaris (Smith, 1838) (Fan-tailed Widowbird), Sylvietta virens Cassin, 1859 (Green Crombec), Eurillas virens (Cassin, 1858) (Little Greenbul), Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith, 1840) (Olive Sunbird), Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764) (Pin-tailed Whydah), Eurillas curvirostris (Cassin, 1860) (Plain Greenbul), Cossypha natalensis Smith, 1840 (Red-capped Robin-chat), Stizorhina fraseri (Strickland, 1844) (Rufous Flycatcher-thrush), Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Scarlet-chested Sunbird), Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822) (Splendid Starling), Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819 (Vieillot's Black Weaver), Nicator chloris (Valenciennes, 1826) (Western Nicator), Cercotrichas leucophrys (Vieillot, 1817) (White-browed Scrub-robin), Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) (Hadada Ibis), Scopus umbretta Gmelin, 1789 (Hamerkop), Campethera nivosa (Swainson, 1837) (Buff-spotted Woodpecker), Pogoniulus scolopaceus (Bonaparte, 1850) (Speckled Tinkerbird), Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall, 1850) (Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird), Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus, 1758 (Grey Parrot), Apaloderma narina (Stephens, 1815) (Narina Trogon) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 2022-05-19 |
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Project Data
A Rocha Uganda is part of the eleven organisations that came together to mobilise, share and use biodiversity data across four African countries to help with the conservation of four forested African landscapes. These landscapes cover over 450,000 hectares of tropical forests in four countries where the A Rocha family is undertaking conservation work. The project includes five of the organisations belonging to the A Rocha family (i.e., A Rocha Uganda, A Rocha International, A Rocha Kenya, Eden Care Initiative-Nigeria, and A Rocha Ghana) as partners. Other partner organisations include; National Museum of Kenya, African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI), Kenya Wildlife Service, National Forest Authority in Uganda, Council for Scientific Industrial Research- Food Research Institute in Ghana and A.P Leventis Ornithological Research Institute in Nigeria. With funding from JRS Biodiversity Foundation and European Union (https://european-union.europa.eu/) through the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) program of GBIF, a regional project “Raising the profile of data for the conservation of four forested African landscapes” was initiated and its seeking to utilise biodiversity data to better conserve biodiversity-rich but threatened forests of Atewa in Ghana; key coastal forests of Kenya (Dakatcha, Taita Hills, Shimba Hills and Kaya Forests); Kwande and Oban-liku in Nigeria and Eastern and Central Uganda key forests (West Bugwe and Igwe-Luvunya, South Busoga, Bukaleba, Mabira, Mukono, Mpanga, Mpigi and Zika Forest Reserves). The dataset “Checklist of Birds from Bukaleba forest reserve, Uganda” reports data collected under a programme of Uganda Forest Department’s Natural Forest Conservation Section to undertake biodiversity surveys in 65 of Uganda’s forests
| Title | Raising the profile of data for the conservation of four forested African landscapes |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2020-140-REG |
| Funding | Grant type: BID Regional biodiversity data mobilization grant Information about funding sources for the project: Publication of this dataset in GBIF was made possible through the BID programme of GBIF with co-funding from the JRS Biodiversity Foundation. The original fieldwork was supported by grants from the EC (“Natural Forest Management and Conservation Project” 6100.37.42.015) and from UNDP/FAO through the GEF (“Institutional Support for the Protection of East African Biodiversity” UNO/RAF/006/GEF) |
| Study Area Description | Bukaleba Forest Reserve lies in the county of Bunya in the administrative district of Mayuge. The reserve covers an area of 97 km2 with an altitudinal range of 1158 - 1334 m and lies between 330 18’ and 330 32’ E, and 00 11’ and 00 15’ S. The reserve is located on a small peninsula on the edge of Lake Victoria. |
| Design Description | The sampling methodology used for data collection was observation. Observations were made using 8 x 30 and 10 x 40 binoculars. Effort was made to visit as many habitats as possible with maximum coverage occurring in the early morning and towards evening |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
The sampling methodology used for data collection was observation. Observations were made using 8 x 30 and 10 x 40 binoculars. Effort was made to visit as many habitats as possible with maximum coverage occurring in the early morning and towards evening.
| Study Extent | These data are a checklist of birds recorded from Bukaleba forest reserve in Uganda |
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| Quality Control | Wherever possible, identification was carried out in the field. Birds were identified using Williams and Arlott (1980), Mackworth-Praed and Grant (1957, 1960), Guggisburg (1986), Sinclair et al. (1993), and Brown et al. (1982), Urban et al. (1986), Fry et al. (1988) and Keith et al. (1992). The order and nomenclature used in the original survey reports followed Britton (1980), Carswell and Pomeroy (1984) with revisions made by the Ornithological Sub-Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society (D. Turner, pers. comm.). The order, taxonomy and nomenclature were subsequently revised according to the HBW and BirdLife International checklist taxonomy (del Hoyo and Collar 2014, 2016). According to the original survey reports: “Ranger ornithologists were trained to make detailed field descriptions of their observations, including notes on the appearance, calls and behaviour of birds and the habitats in which they were observed. Each ranger was provided with a shortlist of (generally common, unmistakable) species that did not require verification, but records of any other species were only accepted on submission of one (or preferably two) voucher specimens of each species. During the programme, a comprehensive reference collection was made at Forest Department headquarters. Any difficult specimens were taken to the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, or the Zoological Museum at Tring, UK for identification.” The geographic coordinates of sampling locations were recorded during the original fieldwork using the Military Grid Reference System (old version). These were converted to a standard UTM format and then to decimal latitude and longitude using GIS based tools. |
Method step description:
- The national survey of Uganda forests collected data in 65 forests. The original field survey results including all data were published in a series of reports by the Forest Department of Uganda (Howard et al. 1996). The current dataset comprises records of birds that were mist netted during this survey. We selected a sample of forests that had been surveyed in the Central and Eastern Regions of Uganda in order to digitise the data for GBIF. Electronic copies of the written reports and a separate electronic database of records were made available for this purpose by the original authors of the reports (Peter Howard). We extracted the bird mist netting records from the electronic database and supplemented these with location data provided in the narrative reports. The species names were updated to modern taxonomy by aligning the names and regionally appropriate forms (subspecies) with the HBW and BirdLife International checklist taxonomy (del Hoyo and Collar 2014, 2016) paying particular attention to potential taxonomic splits and lumps that had occurred since the original data were collected. Recent taxonomic revisions have resulted in a number of species reported in the original surveys now being regarded as two or more species. In most cases it is simple to assign the original record to the new species name based on geography. In some cases, it may be harder to decide and so we note here the decisions we made regarding these harder cases during the digitizing of this dataset. • Black Kite Milvus migrans has been assigned to Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus has been assigned to Chattering Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus • Black Tit Parus leucomelas has been assigned to Pale-eyed Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis. It is possible that some records refer to Dark-eyed Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas which has a more westerly distribution in Uganda. • Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus has been assigned to Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus • African Citril Serinus citrinelloides has been assigned to Yellow-browed Citril Crithaga frontalis. Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides occurs eastwards from the Uganda Kenya border. The location data in the original reports were provided in Military Grid Reference System. These were first converted to standard UTM coordinates, noting that the MGRS was using an old datum (MGRS-AL scheme also called "MGRS old"). UTM coordinates were then converted to decimal degrees using an online conversion spreadsheet (https://giscrack.com/download-excel-template-convert-geographic-coordinates-utm/). The converted locations were then checked against Google Maps imagery to confirm that a satisfactory conversion had been made. Species records from each Forest Reserve were checked against the distribution maps in Carswell et al. (2005) and through expert assessment (J. Lindsell) to ensure that no unsubstantiated or extralimital records were included.
Bibliographic Citations
- Davenport, T., Howard, P., & Baltzer, M. (Eds.). (1996). Bukaleba and Mukono District Forest Reserve: Biodiversity Report no. 28. Forest Department, Kampala.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 63bbdc8a-4f42-4ecd-bf65-7a33f92e3f95 |
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