Bird Banding Data for Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve, Belize 2018

Abidas Ash1, Ivanna Waight-Cho1, Heron  Moreno2

1 University of Belize Environmental Research Institute, Price Center Road, Belmopan, Belize; 2 Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative, Sarteneja Road, Corozal, Belize

Corresponding author(s): Abidas Ash (aash@ub.edu.bz), Ivanna Waight-Cho (iwaight@ub.edu.bz)

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Resource Citation

University of Belize Environmental Research Institute (2019) Bird Banding Data for Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve, Belize 2018. Version 1. University of Belize Environmental Research Institute and Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=fcfr_2018

Abstract

Bird banding data collected at a protected area, Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve, in northern Belize using the Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal (MoSI-Monitoring Overwintering Survival) protocol developed by the Institute of Bird Populations (IBP). Data was collected from February to March 2018.

Keywords: Occurrence, Birds, Banding, Belize, Observation, Birds, Banding, Belize, MoSI

General description

Purpose: This dataset was developed based on MoSI banding data collected at Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve as part of long term bird monitoring in Belize. The dataset includes data on both residents of Belize and migrants. Having data on birds in Belize will allow information to be generated on abundance, distribution, diversity etc.  

Project details

Project title: Improving Natural Resources Management in Belize through Mobilization of Biodiversity Data
Personnel: Elma Kay
Funding: This project was made possible through the GBIF BID programme
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Data for this project was collected at several locations in Belize, including protected areas and privately owned area. For this particular dataset, data was collected at Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve which is a protected area located in the North-Eastern part of Belize that is co-managed by CSFI. The data was collected by UB-ERI and CSFI. 
Design description: Partners/Stakeholders were contacted to assist in contributing digitized and un-digitized bird data towards this project. Data Sharing Agreements were signed between the UB ERI and partners before data was utilized and submitted. 

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=fcfr_2018

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All birds were identified to species.

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve (FCFR) is a protected area in the north-eastern part of the Corozal District with a small portion in the Orange Walk District and is co-managed by the Belize Forest Department and non-governmental organization, Corozal Sustainable Future Initiative. FCFR is comprised of seasonal broadleaf tropical forest and calcareous soils and the study area is particularly characterized by secondary growth forest and overgrown agricultural lands. Since much of the forest in FCFR has been degraded, CSFI has planted hardwood trees such as Mahogany.  
Coordinates: 18°3'18''N and 18°4'55.2''N Latitude; 88°22'22.8''W and 88°20'27.6''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: February 20, 2018 - March 22, 2018

Methods

Method step description: This data set was collected using the MoSI protocol.
Study extent description: Data was collected at Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve from February to March 2018. 
Sampling description: The data was collected following the MoSI protocol. Since Freshwater Creek Forest reserve is a rather small area, 12 mist-nets were set up covering approximately 7 hectares. The station is operated for three days per month from November to March. Mist-nets are opened at sunrise and are checked every half hour for a total of six. Birds caught in the nets are safely extracted and taken back to a processing station where they are identified to species level and data on fat, age, sex, weight etc. are collected. All resident and migrant songbirds captured in the nets are banded except for hummingbirds. 
Quality control description: The station is operated by experienced and certified bird banders and assistants. Ageing and sexing resources and materials are used to properly age and sex birds and photos are taken for references.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Bird Banding Data for Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve, Belize 2018
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=fcfr_2018
Publication date of data: 2019-01-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-01-29
Hierarchy level: Dataset