Description
The Avifaunal diversity study of Pakhibitan Ecopark is published by Nature Mates Nature Club under WBHIDCO Pakhibitan Project in Pakhibitan, Ecopark, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This sampling event was performed in a selected point located in the marshlands covered with elephant grass (Typha sp.) of Pakhibitan surrounded by a forest patch. This dataset includes all the birds recorded in a span of one year. All the species are identified up to the species or genus level. A total of 134 species of birds are recorded belonging to 53 families and 17 order. This dataset also includes the life stage, activity and behaviour of the birds observed.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 233 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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:
Samanta T, Chaudhuri N, Besra S, Sinha S, Basu Roy A, Basu Roy R, Sengupta N, Chatterjee L, Barve V (2023). Avifaunal diversity study of Pakhibitan, Ecopark, 2021. Version 1.2. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Samplingevent dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=pakhibitan_2021&v=1.2
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Nature Mates-Nature Club. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c3eaac36-c83e-4040-9db6-e9a8d5b52252. Nature Mates-Nature Club publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
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Geographic Coverage
The study area has been carried out in Pakhibitan, Ecopark, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. covering an area of 194 hectares
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [22.588, 88.458], North East [22.619, 88.475] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
This dataset includes all the birds recorded in a span of one year. All the species are identified up to the species or genus level. A total of 134 species of birds are recorded belonging to 53 families and 17 order.
| Class | Aves (Bird) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2021-01-01 / 2021-12-31 |
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Project Data
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| Title | West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation(WBHIDCO) Pakhibitan Project |
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| Funding | West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation(WBHIDCO) |
| Study Area Description | Marshland of Pakhibitan is mostly covered with elephant grass (Typha sp.) surrounded by a forested patch. In the summer (April-May), the maximum temperature of the area reaches around 41°C. During the winter (December-February), the temperature drops to 9°C while the average rainfall is 1836.5 mm per year. The soil type is alluvial because it is located in the Indo-Gangetic plain. |
Sampling Methods
Point Count The collection of data is obtained by point count method , where the count is performed in a 360 degree arc around a fixed survey station. Equipment used are binocular Olympus (10*50 DPS I ) Camera (Nikon Coolpix P900, P600, B600). Observed data were recorded in the field notebook.
| Study Extent | The study area has been carried out in Ecopark, North 24 Pargannas Ecopark covers an area of 194 hectares consisting of different types of habitat like grassland covered with elephant grass (Typha sp.) , forest land, marshland |
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Method step description:
- Direct observation, Call identification,Field notes,Photography
Bibliographic Citations
- Chatterjee L, Basu Roy A, Panja B (2022) Howrah Jelar Pakhi. Citadel Publishing. 2022 https://naturematesindia.org/product/howrah-zilar-pakhi/
- Grimmett R, Inskipp C, Inskipp T (2016) Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- eBird. 2022. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org
- IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Chatterjee L, Samanta T, Sinha S, Besra S, Roy AB. Analysis of avifaunal diversity, richness, status and food guild in Ecopark, West Bengal, India. Species. 23(72):441-451
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | This dataset is a part of a long term project under the WBHIDCO with a purpose to support urban biodiversity, conserving the natural landmass of New Town along with the conservation of avian and other species diversity. It can also provide a scope for a comparative study on the effect of increasing urbanization on the avian diversity. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | c3eaac36-c83e-4040-9db6-e9a8d5b52252 |
| https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=pakhibitan_2021 |