Occurrence data of Birds of the Upper Tana Basin, Kenya
Citation
Njoroge P, Mlamba E, Mutati A, Mwangi E (2019). Occurrence data of Birds of the Upper Tana Basin, Kenya. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/672jsv accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-06-21.Description
The Upper Tana Basin, in the central part of Kenya is approximately 12,500km2 with an elevation range of 400m to 5199m. Several parks are found in this area such as the Aberdare National Park and Mount Kenya consisting of a rich biodiversity. Here, we present an occurrence dataset of the birds of the Upper Tana catchment area recorded from 7th to 14th of May, 2019. We recorded a total of 600 occurrences consisting of 145 species.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
All individuals were identified to the Species level.
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Avesrank: class
Geographic Coverages
Embu, Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties in Kenya.
Bibliographic Citations
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Peter Njorogeoriginator
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Edson Mlamba
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Alex Mutati
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Esther Mwangi
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Peter Njoroge
metadata author
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National Museums of Kenya
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Peter Njoroge
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position: Head, Ornithology Section
National Museums of Kenya
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Nairobi
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email: pnjoroge@museums.or.ke
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