II Atlas of nesting birds - target species (1999-2005)

The Atlas of nesting birds from Portugal makes an inventory of 235 breeding species, from which 221 are native, and, among these, 205 with regular nesting activity. It covers a period from 1999 to 2005.

The project "Atlas of the Birds that Nest in Portugal" aimed to know the current distribution of breeding species in Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores and to characterize abundance, when possible, of national populations of these species, during the period of 1999 to 2005.

This dataset comprised two layers of information: Directed Census - Distribution data for bird species targeted by directed census, except Aquila adalberti, Aegypius monachus and Pterocles alchata whose location is confidential (includes marginal 10x10 km UTM squares);

Other species - distribution data for the remaining species (does not include UTM 10x10 km marginal grids).

The project involved the participation of ca. 500 volunteers, more than a dozen professional employees and various work teams in the organization. It is the result of a fundamental partnership with three other entities, namely the SPEA - Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (a non-governmental association that works for the conservation of birds and their habitats in Portugal and which brings together numerous members interested in this faunal group); the Natural Park of Madeira (PNM) and the Regional Directorate for the Environment of the Azores (DRA), entities responsible for the conservation of wild birds in the autonomous regions.

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Identification

Alternate Identifier
10.15468/emmc2q
Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=atlas_birds_spptarget
Publication Date
2021-10-19
Title
II Atlas of nesting birds - target species (1999-2005)
Abstract

The Atlas of nesting birds from Portugal makes an inventory of 235 breeding species, from which 221 are native, and, among these, 205 with regular nesting activity. It covers a period from 1999 to 2005.

The project "Atlas of the Birds that Nest in Portugal" aimed to know the current distribution of breeding species in Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores and to characterize abundance, when possible, of national populations of these species, during the period of 1999 to 2005.

This dataset comprised two layers of information: Directed Census - Distribution data for bird species targeted by directed census, except Aquila adalberti, Aegypius monachus and Pterocles alchata whose location is confidential (includes marginal 10x10 km UTM squares);

Other species - distribution data for the remaining species (does not include UTM 10x10 km marginal grids).

The project involved the participation of ca. 500 volunteers, more than a dozen professional employees and various work teams in the organization. It is the result of a fundamental partnership with three other entities, namely the SPEA - Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (a non-governmental association that works for the conservation of birds and their habitats in Portugal and which brings together numerous members interested in this faunal group); the Natural Park of Madeira (PNM) and the Regional Directorate for the Environment of the Azores (DRA), entities responsible for the conservation of wild birds in the autonomous regions.

Dataset Language
PORTUGUESE
 
Dataset Creator
  University of Porto - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) - João Paulo Silva (Researcher )
Porto , PORTUGAL
https://cibio.up.pt/people/details/jpsilva
Dataset Creator
  ICNF - Vitor Encarnação (Technician )
PORTUGAL
Dataset Creator
  ICNF - Julia Almeida (Technician )
PORTUGAL
Metadata Provider
  GBIF Portugal - Tainan Messina (Researcher )
Tapada da Ajuda , Lisbon , Lisbon , 1349-017 , PORTUGAL
Associated Party
USER
  ICNF - Teresa Pimenta (Technician )
Lisbon , PORTUGAL
Dataset Contact
  ICNF - Teresa Pimenta (Technician )
Lisbon , PORTUGAL
Dataset Contact
  ICNF - Mario Reis (Technician )
PORTUGAL
Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml )
  • event
  • Occurrence
Keywords (N/A )
  • atlas
  • nesting
  • birds
  • breeding

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description
Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate
-33.354
East Bounding Coordinate
-6.372
North Bounding Coordinate
42.131
South Bounding Coordinate
36.95

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1999

End Date

2005

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage
The Atlas of nesting birds from Portugal collected occurrence data of 29 species, distributed throughout 11 orders and 11 genera.

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name
Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Aquila chrysaetos

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Species
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Aquila fasciata

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Ardea cinerea

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Ardea purpurea

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
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Bubulcus ibis

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
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Calonectris diomedea

Taxonomic Classification

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Taxonomic Rank Value
Ciconia ciconia

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Ciconia nigra

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Egretta garzetta

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Falco naumanni

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Falco peregrinus

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Gyps fulvus

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Gyps rueppellii

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Ichthyaetus audouinii

Taxonomic Classification

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Larus michahellis

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Milvus milvus

Taxonomic Classification

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Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Neophron percnopterus

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Taxonomic Rank Name
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Taxonomic Rank Value
Nycticorax nycticorax

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Taxonomic Rank Value
Oceanodroma castro

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Taxonomic Rank Value
Otis tarda

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Phalacrocorax aristotelis

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Platalea leucorodia

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Porphyrio porphyrio

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Pterocles orientalis

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Species
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Pyrrhocorax Pyrrhocorax

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Recurvirostra avosetta

Taxonomic Classification

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Sterna hirundo

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Species
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Sternula albifrons

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name
Species
Taxonomic Rank Value
Uria aalge

License Information

Intellectual Rights

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Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

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Distributiondocument

Online

URL
https://sig.icnf.pt/portal/home/item.html?id=067cb81bdc8148839f44ad6115b1824e
 
 

Projects

Projects

• Project

Title
II Atlas das aves nidificantes 1999-2005

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name
Teresa
Surname
Pimenta
Role
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Abstract

The project "Atlas of the Birds that Nest in Portugal" aimed to know the current distribution of breeding species in Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores and to characterise abundance, when possible, of national populations of these species, during the period of 1999 to 2005.

It made an inventory of 235 breeding species, from which 221 are native, and, among these, 205 with regular nesting activity. It covers a period from 1999 to 2005.

Funding

This work was co-fund by ICNF, I.P. and the European Union, through the Environment Operational Programme (application 1.1/00021– Documentos Estruturantes da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade).

The preparation of this resource for publication through GBIF was supported by Project PORBIOTA—Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127), under the Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and FCT.

Study Area Description

Descriptor

The roject was carried out in Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores.

Design Description

Description
This atlas collected information on the distribution at a given time of the breeding species in mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores. Whenever possible, they also characterize the abundance of national populations of these species. Moreover, information was classified according to nesting activities observed as: possibly nesting, confirmed nesting, no data. Atlas codes can be checked here: https://www.ebba2.info/atlas-codes/
 
 

Methods

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

1. Aggregation of original data from several sources (see above) into a purpose specific relational database built for the project. For details, see Silva (2008).

2. Preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication used as source the geographic layer in shape file format. Although the data layer was a polygon layer with a 10 km grid, the attribute table contained, for the field records, original GPS coordinates with higher precision. In that case, the coordinates with higher spatial precision were considered. The following steps were performed: Conversion of the spatial layer to geographic coordinates using WGS84 as reference system to determine centroids of grid polygons; If the record contained coordinates in the database with higher precision, these were kept; Determination WKT for the polygons for which centroids were considered;

Exporting to csv and reinterpretation to attributes to match DwC standard terms.

Sampling

Study Extent

The geographic area considered for the original study was Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores. The species included are bird species that were observed regarding its nesting activities.

Sampling Description

The project "Atlas of the Birds that Nest in Portugal" aimed to know the current distribution of breeding species in Mainland Portugal and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores and to characterise abundance, when possible, of national populations of these species, during the period of 1999 to 2005.

Unsystematic and systematic recordings were carried out. For systematic there were 30-minute visits to 6 2x2 km tetrads of a 10x10 km grid. The attribution of the grids were the responsibility of the observer. The data allowed to estimate abundances relative to most species and enable systematic coverage of the territory. Also it directed censuses to know the dimension of the breeding population. These censuses were carried out in areas where the majority of the population was expected to occur. Individuals and/or couples outside these areas, also had the number of breeding individuals and couples recorded.

This dataset comprised two layers of information: Directed Census - Distribution data for bird species targeted by directed census, except Aquila adalberti, Aegypius monachus and Pterocles alchata whose location is confidential (includes marginal 10x10 km UTM squares);

Other species - distribution data for the remaining species (does not include UTM 10x10 km marginal grids).

qualityControl

Description
Data available was inserted in a specific relational database built specifically for the project, which implemented several quality control methods. In the preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication, data consistency was verified using cluster algorithms using OpenRefine.
 
 

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