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Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995
Citable as data publication
Nasirwa O.; Oyugi J.; Jackson C.; Lens L.; Bennun L.; Seys J.; Department of Ornithology, National Museums of Kenya; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995. https://doi.org/10.14284/175
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Description
Count of observed waterbirds during a survey in Kenya in 1995. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Nasirwa, O.; Oyugi, J.; Jackson, C.; Lens, L.; Bennun, L.; Seys, J. (1995). Surveys of waterbirds in Kenya, 1995: Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports: Ornithology, 20. National Museums of Kenya: Nairobi. 22 pp. more

In February 1995, eight sites around Lake Victoria and beaches, reefs and creeks along the Kenyan coast from Vanga to Sabaki River mouth (around 220 km of shoreline, split into 15 sites) were surveyed and waterbirds counted. In March 1995, waterbirds were counted on the five large dams along the upper Tana River. These represent the first waterbird surveys for almost all of these sites. Five sites (Vanga Creek, Kilifi-Mida Beach, Malindi Marine Park, Sabaki River Mouth and Masinga Dam) qualify as Globally Important Bird Areas on the basis of their waterbird populations (and hence as potential Ramsar sites).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Birds
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Terrestrial, Waterbirds, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Kenya, Tana R., Kenya, Victoria L., Aves

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 34,1333; MinLat: -4,6425 - MaxLong: 40,1539; MaxLat: -0,1167 [WGS84]
ISW, Kenyan Coast [Marine Regions]
Kenya, Tana R. [Marine Regions]
Kenya, Victoria L. [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
4 February 1995 - 26 March 1995

Taxonomic coverage
Aves [WoRMS]

Parameters
Area of sample {sampled area} from the bed [BODC]
Count of birds

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology, moredata creator
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), moredata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Historical Kenyan-Belgian research datasets (1873-1999), more
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Nasirwa, O. et al. (1995). Surveys of waterbirds in Kenya, 1995: Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports: Ornithology, 20. National Museums of Kenya: Nairobi. 22 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-05-17
Information last updated: 2016-11-09
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