Records of birds species digitalized from registration cards and questionnaires stored in collections of Department of ecology and zoology of ESC "Institute of biology and medicine", Taras Shevchenko national university of Kyiv

Study Extent

This dataset was prepared (the records were digitalized and correctly organized according to Darwin Core standards) and published with the help of the project "Preservation of data on biodiversity of Ukraine during the Russian occupation" funded by "Documenting Ukraine" initiative. The initiative is financed by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (https://www.iwm.at/).

Sampling

To create the dataset, only reliable records were used (those with clear and understandable description of the place, where the record of bird(s) was made). It means that they contained sufficiently accurate information about the find so that the locations could be identified geographically. We identified the registration places and determined their geographical coordinates using Google Earth Pro and QGis v. 2.18 software. Species identification was made by the observers and is indicated on the card. No additional photo-material was provided.

Quality Control

The authors of the dataset are responsible for the quality of data interpreted and highlighted in the dataset.

Method steps

1. Defining of the approximate locality of the record based on the description in a registration card or questionnaire.
2. Georeferencing.
3. Creation of dataset according to Darwin Core standards.

The dataset consists of records of birds only.

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. Caprimulgiformes
   rank: order
9. Charadriiformes
   rank: order
10. Ciconiiformes
    rank: order
11. Columbiformes
    rank: order
12. Coraciiformes
    rank: order
13. Cuculiformes
    rank: order
14. Falconiformes
    rank: order
15. Galliformes
    rank: order
16. Gaviiformes
    rank: order
17. Gruiformes
    rank: order
18. Otidiformes
    rank: order
19. Passeriformes
    rank: order
20. Pelecaniformes
    rank: order
21. Piciformes
    rank: order
22. Podicipediformes
    rank: order
23. Pteroclidiformes
    rank: order
24. Strigiformes
    rank: order
25. Suliformes
    rank: order

The dataset covers the entire territory of Ukraine.