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Bird Banding Data for Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize 2017-2018

Citation

Ash A, Waight-Cho I (2019). Bird Banding Data for Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize 2017-2018. University of Belize Environmental Research Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qmx13f accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-12-10.

Description

Bird banding data collected at a protected area in Southern Belize, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, using the Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal (MoSI-Monitoring Overwintering Survival) protocol developed by the Institute of Bird Populations (IBP). Data was collected from November 2017 to March 2018.

Purpose

This dataset was developed based on MoSI banding data collected at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 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.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Data was collected at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize from November 2017 to March 2018.

Sampling

The data was collected following the MoSI protocol in which 16 mist-nets are set up at a station covering approximately 9 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 six hours. Birds caught in the nets are safely extracted and taken back to a processing station where they are identified to the species level and data is collected on fat, age, sex, weight etc. All resident and migrant songbirds captured in the nets are banded except for hummingbirds.

Quality Control

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.

Method steps

  1. The data set was collected using the MoSI protocol.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (CBWS) is a protected area in the south-central part of Belize co-managed by the Belize Forest Department and a Non-Governmental Organization, Belize Audubon Society. CBWS is comprised of a tropical moist forest with warm temperatures and high rainfall. Elevation extremes are 50 m (160 ft) above sea level in the lower reaches to 1,160 m (3,810 ft) atop Victoria Peak, the second highest elevation in Belize. CBWS is also recognized internationally as the world’s first Jaguar reserve.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Abidas Ash
originator
position: Avian Biologist
University of Belize Environmental Research institute
Price Center Road
Belmopan
Cayo
BZ
Telephone: 501-822-2701
email: aash@ub.edu.bz
Abidas Ash
metadata author
position: Avian Biologist
University of Belize Environmental Research institute
Price Center Road
Belmopan
Cayo
BZ
Telephone: 501-822-2701
email: aash@ub.edu.bz
Ivanna Waight-Cho
metadata author
position: Monitoring Officer
University of Belize Environmental Research institute
Price Center Road
Belmopan
Cayo
BZ
Telephone: 501-822-2701
email: iwaight@ub.edu.bz
Abidas Ash
user
position: Avian Biologist
University of Belize Environmental Research Institute
Price Center Road
Belmopan
Cayo
BZ
Telephone: 501-822-2701
email: aash@ub.edu.bz
Dominique Lizama
user
position: Conservation Programme Director
Belize Audubon Society
16 Taiwan Street
Belize
Belize
BZ
Telephone: 501-223-5004
email: conservation@belizeaudubon.org
Abidas Ash
administrative point of contact
position: Avian Biologist
University of Belize Environmental Research institute
Price Center Road
Belmopan
Cayo
BZ
Telephone: 501-822-2701
email: aash@ub.edu.bz
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