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 Mpanga forest reserve. The data are based on observation 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 141 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.
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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: 7035db28-8e51-4e2b-816f-337c6f79e574. A Rocha Uganda publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Uganda.
Keywords
Checklist; Derivedfromoccurrence
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Geographic Coverage
The data were collected from Mpanga forest reserve based on observation records.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
A total of 141 bird (Aves) species were recorded were identified to species level.
| Species | Columba unicincta Cassin, 1860 (Afep Pigeon), Lagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein, 1823) (African Firefinch), Accipiter tachiro (Daudin, 1800) (African Goshawk), Motacilla aguimp Dumont, 1821 (African Pied Wagtail), Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850 (African Thrush), Strix woodfordii (Smith, 1834) (African Wood-owl), Hirundo angolensis Barboza du Bocage, 1868 (Angola Swallow), Fraseria caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865) (Ashy Flycatcher), Macheiramphus alcinus Westermann, 1851 (Bat Hawk), Bycanistes subcylindricus (Sclater, 1870) (Grey-cheeked Hornbill), Bias musicus (Vieillot, 1818) (Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher), Spermestes bicolor (Fraser, 1843) (Black-and-white Mannikin), Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1801 (Black Cuckoo), Campephaga flava Vieillot, 1817 (Black Cuckooshrike), Milvus aegyptius (Gmelin, 1788) (Yellow-billed Kite), Melaniparus guineensis (Shelley, 1900) (Pale-eyed Black Tit), Pyrenestes ostrinus (Vieillot, 1805) (Black-bellied Seedcracker), Tauraco schuettii (Cabanis, 1879) (Black-billed Turaco), Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eurasian Blackcap), Estrilda nonnula Hartlaub, 1883 (Black-crowned Waxbill), Oriolus larvatus Lichtenstein, 1823 (Eastern Black-headed Oriole), Ploceus cucullatus (Müller, 1776) (Village Weaver), Ploceus nigricollis (Vieillot, 1805) (Black-necked Weaver), Apalis jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 (Black-throated Apalis), Elminia longicauda (Swainson, 1838) (African Blue-flycatcher), Halcyon malimbica (Shaw, 1811) (Blue-breasted Kingfisher), Turtur afer (Linnaeus, 1766) (Blue-spotted Wood-dove), Cyanomitra cyanolaema (Jardine & Fraser, 1851) (Blue-throated Brown Sunbird), Bleda syndactylus (Swainson, 1837) (Red-tailed Bristlebill), Illadopsis fulvescens (Cassin, 1859) (Brown Illadopsis), Campethera caroli Malherbe, 1852 (Brown-eared Woodpecker), Campethera nivosa (Swainson, 1837) (Buff-spotted Woodpecker), Apalis rufogularis (Fraser, 1843) (Buff-throated Apalis), Dyaphorophyia castanea Fraser, 1843 (Chestnut Wattle-eye), Onychognathus fulgidus Hartlaub, 1849 (Chestnut-winged Starling), Hedydipna collaris (Vieillot, 1819) (Collared Sunbird), Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) (Common Bulbul), Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw, 1811) (Copper Sunbird), Lophoceros alboterminatus Büttikofer, 1889 (Crowned Hornbill), Pogonornis bidentatus (Shaw, 1798) (Double-toothed Barbet), Muscicapa adusta (Boie, 1828) (African Dusky Flycatcher), Cercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882 (Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo), Crinifer zonurus (Rüppell, 1835) (Eastern Plantain-eater), Chrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792) (African Emerald Cuckoo), Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 1816 (Fiery-necked Nightjar), Alethe castanea (Cassin, 1856) (Fire-crested Alethe), Sylvia borin (Boddaert, 1783) (Garden Warbler), Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) (Great Blue Turaco), Sylvietta virens Cassin, 1859 (Green Crombec), Hylia prasina (Cassin, 1855) (Green Hylia), Treron calvus (Temminck, 1808) (African Green-pigeon), Anthreptes tephrolaemus (Jardine & Fraser, 1851) (Grey-chinned Sunbird), Mandingoa nitidula (Hartlaub, 1865) (Green Twinspot), Cyanomitra verticalis (Latham, 1790) (Green-headed Sunbird), Chalcomitra rubescens (Vieillot, 1819) (Green-throated Sunbird), Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus, 1758 (Grey Parrot), Camaroptera brachyura (Vieillot, 1820) (Bleating Camaroptera), Eminia lepida Hartlaub, 1881 (Grey-capped Warbler), Chlorophoneus bocagei (Reichenow, 1894) (Bocage's Bush-shrike), Nigrita canicapillus (Strickland, 1841) (Grey-headed Nigrita), Gymnobucco cinereiceps Sharpe, 1891 (Grey-headed Barbet), Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) (Hadada Ibis), Tricholaema hirsuta (Swainson, 1821) (Hairy-breasted Barbet), Polyboroides typus Smith, 1829 (African Harrier-hawk), Baeopogon indicator (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855) (Honeyguide Greenbul), Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) (Hooded Vulture), Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815) (Klaas's Cuckoo), Fraseria plumbea (Hartlaub, 1858) (Grey Tit-flycatcher), Indicator exilis (Cassin, 1856) (Least Honeyguide), Aplopelia larvata Temminck, 1809 (Lemon Dove), Indicator minor Stephens, 1815 (Lesser Honeyguide), Clamator levaillantii (Swainson, 1829) (Levaillant's Cuckoo), Merops pusillus Müller, 1776 (Little Bee-eater), Eurillas virens (Cassin, 1858) (Little Greenbul), Eurillas gracilis (Cabanis, 1880) (Grey Greenbul), Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) (Long-crested Eagle), Apaloderma narina (Stephens, 1815) (Narina Trogon), Nicator chloris (Valenciennes, 1826) (Western Nicator), Dryoscopus gambensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Northern Puffback), Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith, 1840) (Olive Sunbird), Cinnyris chloropygius (Jardine, 1842) (Olive-bellied Sunbird), Camaroptera toroensis (Jackson, 1905) (Tawny-breasted Camaroptera), Ploceus aurantius (Vieillot, 1805) (Orange Weaver), Terpsiphone viridis (Müller, 1776) (African Paradise-flycatcher), Corvus albus Müller, 1776 (Pied Crow), Lophoceros fasciatus (Shaw, 1811) (Congo Pied Hornbill), Hylopsar purpureiceps (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) (Purple-headed Starling), Ispidina picta (Boddaert, 1783) (African Pygmy-kingfisher), Terpsiphone rufiventer (Swainson, 1837) (Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher), Cossypha natalensis Smith, 1840 (Red-capped Robin-chat), Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815 (Red-chested Cuckoo), Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) (Red-eyed Dove), Spermophaga ruficapilla (Shelley, 1888) (Red-headed Bluebill), Agapornis pullarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red-headed Lovebird), Malimbus rubricollis (Swainson, 1838) (Red-headed Malimbe), Criniger calurus (Cassin, 1857) (Red-tailed Greenbul), Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) (Ring-necked Dove), Musophaga rossae Gould, 1852 (Ross's Turaco), Stizorhina fraseri (Strickland, 1844) (Rufous Flycatcher-thrush), Pternistis squamatus (Cassin, 1857) (Scaly Francolin), Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Scarlet-chested Sunbird), Alcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850 (Shining-blue Kingfisher), Megabyas flammulatus (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855) (African Shrike-flycatcher), Cossypha niveicapilla (Lafresnaye, 1838) (Snowy-crowned Robin-chat), Laniarius leucorhynchus (Hartlaub, 1848) (Lowland Sooty Boubou), Pogoniulus scolopaceus (Bonaparte, 1850) (Speckled Tinkerbird), Lamprotornis splendidus (Vieillot, 1822) (Splendid Starling), Cecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) (Lesser Striped Swallow), Turtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809) (Tambourine Dove), Prinia subflava (Gmelin, 1789) (Tawny-flanked Prinia), Phyllastrephus hypochloris (Jackson, 1906) (Toro Olive Greenbul), Laniarius aethiopicus (Gmelin, 1788) (Tropical Boubou), Phylloscopus budongoensis (Seth-Smith, 1907) (Uganda Woodland-warbler), Cinnyris venustus (Shaw, 1799) (Variable Sunbird), Dicrurus modestus Hartlaub, 1849 (Velvet-mantled Drongo), Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot, 1819 (Vieillot's Black Weaver), Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) (Violet-backed Starling), Platysteira cyanea (Müller, 1776) (Brown-throated Wattle-eye), Oriolus brachyrynchus Swainson, 1837 (Western Black-headed Oriole), Ploceus weynsi (Dubois, 1900) (Weyns's Weaver), Schistolais leucopogon (Cabanis, 1875) (White-chinned Prinia), Psalidoprocne albiceps Sclater, 1864 (White-headed Saw-wing), Sarothrura pulchra (Gray, 1829) (White-spotted Flufftail), Neocossyphus poensis (Strickland, 1844) (White-tailed Ant-thrush), Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 (White-throated Bee-eater), Phyllastrephus albigularis (Sharpe, 1881) (White-throated Greenbul), Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Willow Warbler), Hirundo smithii Leach, 1818 (Wire-tailed Swallow), Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Woodland Kingfisher), Zosterops senegalensis Bonaparte, 1850 (African Yellow White-eye), Ceuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817) (Chattering Yellowbill), Trachylaemus purpuratus (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) (Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet), Camaroptera superciliaris (Fraser, 1843) (Yellow-browed Camaroptera), Dendropicos xantholophus (Hargitt, 1883) (Yellow-crested Woodpecker), Ploceus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1854) (Yellow-mantled Weaver), Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall, 1850) (Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird), Buccanodon duchaillui (Cassin, 1855) (Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet), Pogoniulus subsulphureus (Fraser, 1843) (Yellow-throated Tinkerbird) |
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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 | This dataset is a checklist of birds recorded from Mpanga forest reserve. |
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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). |
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. 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.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 7035db28-8e51-4e2b-816f-337c6f79e574 |
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