checklist-of-birds-of-zomba-mountain

E.F.J Garcia1, Blessings Chingagwe2, Tiwonge Gawa1, E.F.J. Garcia1

1 Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi, Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi; 2 Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi, Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi, 30293, Lilongwe, Malawi

Corresponding author(s): E.F.J Garcia, Blessings Chingagwe (blechingagwe@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Garcia E (2018): checklist-of-birds-of-zomba-mountain. v1.2. Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi. Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=checklist-of-birds-of-zomba-mountain&v=1.2

Abstract

The purpose of this resource is to summarize the ornithological observations which were made on Zomba mountain between 28th November 1974 and 6th August 1975. However, this was not a comprehensive study and could not reflect an all inclusive avifauna of Zomba mountain.

Keywords: Checklist, Zomba Mountain, Birds, Checklist, Derivedfromoccurrence

Project details

Project title: Enhancing easy accessibility of Biodiversity data in Malawi
Personnel: Blessings Chingagwe
Funding: JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The resource was developed based on the data collected on Zomba Mountain at 4000m above sea level except Domasi Valley which was not visited at the time of study. Zomba Mountain forest if a composition of montane evergreen forest, riparian evergreen forest,bracken briar, montane grassland, miombo woodland, cliffs, water and exotic tree plantation.
Design description: The study took place at a 4000m above sea level. Some observations below the stipulated contour were also recorded and shown in parenthesis. The method of study was through observation and sound recognition.

Data published through GBIF: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=checklist-of-birds-of-zomba-mountain

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This resource covers some of the avifauna of Zomba Mountain Forest reserve observed at 4000 metres above see level.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Accipitridae, Acrocephalidae, Alcedinidae, Anatidae, Apodidae, Campephagidae, Caprimulgidae, Certhiidae, Ciconiidae, Cisticolidae, Columbidae, Coraciidae, Corvidae, Cuculidae, Cupressaceae, Dicruridae, Emberizidae, Estrildidae, Falconidae, Fringillidae, Gruidae, Hirundinidae, Indicatoridae, Indicatoridae, Laniidae, Leiothrichidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Malaconotidae, Meropidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Musophagidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Parulidae, Passeridae, Phasianidae, Phylloscopidae, Picidae, Platysteiridae, Ploceidae, Podicipedidae, Pycnonotidae, Rallidae, Ramphastidae, Scopidae, Stenostiridae, Strigidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Trogonidae, Tytonidae, Viduidae, Zosteropidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Zomba is in the Eastern region of Malawi
Coordinates: 15°31'44.4''S and 15°13'15.6''S Latitude; 35°6'36''E and 35°32'27.6''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: November 28, 1974 - August 6, 1975

Natural collections description

Collection name: Birds of Evergreen Forest Of Thyolo Mountain

Methods

Method step description: The data was collected through observation using naked eye, binocular and recognition of bird sounds at 4000m above sea level on most of Zomba Mountain Forest Reserve. With the exceptions of Domasi Valley and lower slopes near Zomba Town.
Study extent description: All data was collected on Zomba Mountain Forest at 4000m above sea level and was done once.
Sampling description: The area was chosen based on the residential convenience of the author.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive checklist-of-birds-of-zomba-mountain
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=checklist-of-birds-of-zomba-mountain
Publication date of data: 2022-05-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-10-01
Hierarchy level: Dataset