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Waterbird Census in Portugal 1982-1999

Dataset homepage

Citation

Encarnação V, Azevedo D N, Martins A A, Xeira A J, Rebelo A, Grilo A, Lorenzo A, Carvalho A, Gonçalves Á, Letra Á, Reis Á, Cravidão A, Berliner A L, Pinheiro A, Bloomert A, Araújo A, Monteiro A E, Keating A, dos Santos A M, Teixeira A M, Marques A, Brardo A R, Luís A S, Severo A, Fráguas B, Kliner B, Beale C, Fino C, Barata C, Fradoca C, Cruz C M, Neiva C, Pacheco C, Vilhena C, Lourenço C, Rodriguez C V, Jackson C, Moore C C, Martins C, Prentice C, Evans D, Silva D J, Cravidão D, Geraldes D, Leitão D, Patacho D, Santos E, Teles F R, Canais F, Pereira F F, Sabino F, Castro F C, Campinho F, Gooch G B, Stilwell G, Elias G, Costa H, Hötker H, Malico I, Almeida J, Ferreira J E, Bonaparte J, Braga J, Farinha J C, Ferreira J E, Silva J F, Almeida J L, Pina J P, Petronilho J, Silva J, Costa J, Catchpole J N, Safara J, Conceição J C, Paixão J M, Granadeiro J P, Teixeira J, Catchpole J, Neto J, Crespo L, Zwarts L, Santarém L, Neves L, Pinto L, Rosário L P, Gordinho L, Reino L, Costa L T, Venâncio L, Armelin M, Felgueiras M, Silva M, Abreu M V, Pinto M P, Felgueiras M, Bolton M, Pais M C, Pimenta M, Oliveira N G, Mollat P, Brito P, Catry P, Monteiro P, Mota P, Tenreiro P, Alves P, Soares P, Vilhena P, Harris P, Vicente R O, Guedes R S, Neves R, Lopes R, Bijlsma R, Cangarato R, Gaspar R, Rufino R, Coelho S, Boudewijn T, dos Santos T M, Coelho P (2022). Waterbird Census in Portugal 1982-1999. ICNF - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/t26bzr accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-26.

Description

This dataset is the output of a national waterbird monitoring programme coordinated by ICNF that collects information on the number and distribution of waterbirds at wetland sites in Portugal and is part of the International Waterbird Census project (African-Eurasian Waterbird Census – Europe). The dataset consists of annual waterbird counts, undertaken from 1982 to 1999, of species encountered at wetlands and observed in all types of natural and man-made wetlands in mainland Portugal. In this dataset there is a record of 105 bird species, from 22 families and 13 orders (Accipitriformes, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Otidiformes, Pelecaniformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Podicipediformes, Strigiformes, Suliformes).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The geographic area considered Portugal Mainland. The species included are birds observed in wetland sites (Accipitriformes, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Otidiformes, Pelecaniformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Podicipediformes, Strigiformes, Suliformes).

Sampling

Waterbird annual counts in natural and man-made wetlands in mainland Portugal.

Quality Control

In the preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication, data consistency was verified using OpenRefine.

Method steps

  1. Preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication used as source the geographic layer in shape file format. The spatial layer and centroids were converted to geographic coordinates using WGS84 and WKT was determined for the polygons. The file was exported to a csv file and attributes reinterpreted to matching DwC standard terms.

Taxonomic Coverages

Waterbirds in natural and man-made wetlands in mainland Portugal: 105 species, 22 families and 13 orders (Accipitriformes, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Otidiformes, Pelecaniformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Podicipediformes, Strigiformes, Suliformes).
  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  2. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  3. Aves
    rank: class
  4. Accipitriformes
    rank: order
  5. Anseriformes
    rank: order
  6. Charadriiformes
    rank: order
  7. Ciconiiformes
    rank: order
  8. Falconiformes
    rank: order
  9. Galliformes
    rank: order
  10. Gruiformes
    rank: order
  11. Otidiformes
    rank: order
  12. Pelecaniformes
    rank: order
  13. Phoenicopteriformes
    rank: order
  14. Podicipediformes
    rank: order
  15. Strigiformes
    rank: order
  16. Suliformes
    rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Portugal Mainland

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Vítor Encarnação
originator
ICNF
PT
email: vitor.encarnacao@icnf.pt
D. N. Azevedo
originator
A. A. Martins
originator
A. J. Xeira
originator
A. Rebelo
originator
Afonso Grilo
originator
Agustín Lorenzo
originator
Alberto Carvalho
originator
Álvaro Gonçalves
originator
Álvaro Letra
originator
Álvaro Reis
originator
Ana Cravidão
originator
Ana Lúcia Berliner
originator
Ana Pinheiro
originator
Anne-Marie Bloomert
originator
António Araújo
originator
António E. Monteiro
originator
António Keating
originator
António M. dos Santos
originator
António M. Teixeira
originator
António Marques
originator
António Reis Brardo
originator
António S. Luís
originator
António Severo
originator
Bárbara Fráguas
originator
Brigitte Kliner
originator
C. Beale
originator
Carla Fino
originator
Carlos Barata
originator
Carlos Fradoca
originator
Carlos Miguel Cruz
originator
Carlos Neiva
originator
Carlos Pacheco
originator
Carlos Vilhena
originator
Catarina Lourenço
originator
Cesar Vidal Rodriguez
originator
Colin Jackson
originator
Colm C. Moore
originator
Conceição Martins
originator
Crawford Prentice
originator
D. Evans
originator
D. J. Silva
originator
David Cravidão
originator
Dinis Geraldes
originator
Domingos Leitão
originator
Domingos Patacho
originator
Emídio Santos
originator
F. R. Teles
originator
Fernando Canais
originator
Fernando Faria Pereira
originator
Fernando Sabino
originator
Filomena C. Castro
originator
Francisco Campinho
originator
George B. Gooch
originator
George Stilwell
originator
Gonçalo Elias
originator
Helder Costa
originator
Hermann Hötker
originator
Isabel Malico
originator
J. Almeida
originator
J. E. Ferreira
originator
João Bonaparte
originator
João Braga
originator
João Carlos Farinha
originator
João E. Ferreira
originator
João Francisco Silva
originator
João Luís Almeida
originator
João P. Pina
originator
João Petronilho
originator
João Silva
originator
Joaquim Costa
originator
John N. Catchpole
originator
Jorge Safara
originator
José Carlos Conceição
originator
José M. Paixão
originator
José Pedro Granadeiro
originator
José Teixeira
originator
Judith Catchpole
originator
Júlio Neto
originator
L. Crespo
originator
Leo Zwarts
originator
Lourdes Santarém
originator
Loureiro Neves
originator
Lourenço Pinto
originator
Lúcio P. Rosário
originator
Luís Gordinho
originator
Luís Reino
originator
Luís T. Costa
originator
Luís Venâncio
originator
M. Armelin
originator
M. Felgueiras
originator
M. Silva
originator
M. V. Abreu
originator
Márcia P. Pinto
originator
Marcial Felgueiras
originator
Mark Bolton
originator
Miguel Caldeira Pais
originator
Miguel Pimenta
originator
Nuno G. Oliveira
originator
P. Mollat
originator
Patrícia Brito
originator
Paulo Catry
originator
Paulo Monteiro
originator
Paulo Mota
originator
Paulo Tenreiro
originator
Pedro Alves
originator
Pedro Soares
originator
Pedro Vilhena
originator
Peter Harris
originator
R. O. Vicente
originator
Raúl Serra Guedes
originator
Renato Neves
originator
Ricardo Lopes
originator
Rob Bijlsma
originator
Rogério Cangarato
originator
Rui Gaspar
originator
Rui Rufino
originator
Susana Coelho
originator
Theo Boudewijn
originator
Tiago Múrias dos Santos
originator
Paula Coelho
metadata author
ISA
PT
email: paula.cris.coelho@gmail.com
Teresa Pimenta
administrative point of contact
position: Information System Senior Officer
ICNF
PT
email: teresa.pimenta@icnf.pt
Mário Reis
administrative point of contact
position: Conservation and Monitoring Senior Officer
ICNF
PT
email: mario.reis@icnf.pt
Vítor Encarnação
administrative point of contact
ICNF
PT
email: vitor.encarnacao@icnf.pt
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