Materials about registration of birds (Aves) in Donetsk region (Ukraine) during 2020-2022

Study Extent

The main part of the material was collected during bird route counts on foot. The dataset also includes episodic registrations of birds and records of diurnal birds of prey during road transport and stops of various durations. The information presented within the dataset was collected in the period from 2020 to 2022 within the territory of Donetsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine.

Sampling

In all cases, the coordinates of each bird registration (group of birds) were recorded using the NextGIS Mobile mobile application and a specially configured form. Geographic coordinates were specified using a GPS navigator in decimal degrees according to the WGS84 coordinate system. The number of birds was necessarily noted. For the vast majority of bird registrations, the perpendicular distance in meters, the biotope in which the bird was observed, behavioral features (flying, sitting, vocalizing, feeding, hunting, mating behavior, aggression, gathering material for the nest) were determined. In some cases, the morph (for the pygmy eagle) and the subspecies (for the common buzzard) were recorded. Observations were made using 12X binoculars. Photographs were taken whenever possible. The Latin names of bird species are given according to the list agreed by BirdLife International and used in the electronic version of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW and BirdLife International 2018).

Quality Control

The author bears full responsibility for the quality of the data presented in the published dataset.

Method steps

1. Conducting field research.
2. Visual, audio and other registrations of birds.
3. Definition of species (subspecies, genus, family, morph).
4. GPS-tracking, calculation, binding to the area.
5. Dataset organization according to Darwin Core standards.

The dataset consists of exclusively records of birds (Aves).,

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Chordata
   rank: phylum
3. Aves
   rank: class
4. Accipitriformes
   rank: order
5. Anseriformes
   rank: order
6. Apodiformes
   rank: order
7. Bucerotiformes
   rank: order
8. Charadriiformes
   rank: order
9. Columbiformes
   rank: order
10. Coraciiformes
    rank: order
11. Falconiformes
    rank: order
12. Galliformes
    rank: order
13. Gruiformes
    rank: order
14. Passeriformes
    rank: order
15. Pelecaniformes
    rank: order
16. Piciformes
    rank: order
17. Podicipediformes
    rank: order
18. Strigiformes
    rank: order
19. Suliformes
    rank: order

The dataset covers the territory of Kharkiv and Donetsk administrative regions of Ukraine.