Birds from Praia da Vitória marshes (Terceira, Azores, Portugal)

The data presented here come from field observations between August 2013 and October 2018, as part of a LIFE research project aiming to preserve and restore three coastal wetlands from Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal). Systematic monthly observations were carried out for five years in order to provide a checklist and monitoring of bird species and subspecies observed in three sites: Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP). Main objectives were to determine their ornithological richness while also adding data to the overall knowledge of Azorean Avifauna and monitor seasonal and between years variation on species abundance.

Identification

Alternate Identifier: 458df1aa-00d4-477a-8bc9-faaa21e08ce1

Publication Date: 2019-04-09

Title: Birds from Praia da Vitória marshes (Terceira, Azores, Portugal)

Abstract: The data presented here come from field observations between August 2013 and October 2018, as part of a LIFE research project aiming to preserve and restore three coastal wetlands from Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal). Systematic monthly observations were carried out for five years in order to provide a checklist and monitoring of bird species and subspecies observed in three sites: Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP). Main objectives were to determine their ornithological richness while also adding data to the overall knowledge of Azorean Avifauna and monitor seasonal and between years variation on species abundance.

Dataset Language: ENGLISH

Dataset Creator: LIFE CWR - UAC - Sofia Goulart (Technician)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores - João Pedro Barreiros (Researcher)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: LIFE CWR - UAC - Mariana R. Brito (Technician)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: LIFE CWR - UAC - Sónia Santos (Technician)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: LIFE CWR - UAC - Cesar Pimentel (Project colaborator)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: LIFE CWR - UAC - Elisabete C. Nogueira (project coordinator)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores - Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges (Researcher)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Metadata Provider: Universidade dos Açores - Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges (Researcher)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Associated Party: PROCESSOR

Instituto Superior de Agronomia / Universidade de Lisboa - Rui Messina

Tapada da Ajuda
,
Lisbon
,
Lisbon
,
1349-017
,
PORTUGAL

Dataset Contact: Universidade dos Açores - Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges (Researcher)

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
,
Angra do Heroísmo
,
Ilha Terceira
,
9700-042
,
PORTUGAL

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml)

occurrences
Terceira
Ornitofauna
Aves
Azores
Samplingevent
Wetlands

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: -180

East Bounding Coordinate: -180

North Bounding Coordinate: 90

South Bounding Coordinate: -90

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date: 2013-08-21

End Date: 2018-10-31

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Kingdom

Taxonomic Rank Value: Animalia

Common Name: Birds

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp: 2021-11-29T15:52:58Z

Citation: Goulart S, Barreiros J P, Brito M R, Santos S, Pimentel C, Nogueira E C, Borges P A V (2019). Birds from Praia da Vitória marshes (Terceira, Azores, Portugal). Universidade dos Açores. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dnffus accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-11-29.

• Project

Title: Inventory of bird species in three coastal wetlands from Terceira Island (Azores)

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name: Paulo Alexandre Vieira

Surname: Borges

User ID: 0000-0002-8448-7623

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Abstract: The inventory was conducted during five years between August 2013 and October 2018 by experienced birdwatchers: Sofia Goulart, Mariana R. Brito and Sónia Santos. The aim of this work is to inventory the avifauna present in the three coastal areas of Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores) focused on the LIFE-CWR Project, Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP), in order to improve the knowledge on the bird diversity that occurs in this area, detect eventual new species for the Azores and monitor seasonal and between year variation on species abundance

Funding

Study Area Description

Descriptor: Terceira Island (area: 400.6 km²; elevation: 1,021.14 m) is one of the nine islands of the Azores archipelago, located in the North Atlantic, roughly at 38°43′49″N 27°19′10″W (Forjaz et al. 2004). The climate in the Azores is temperate oceanic, with regular and abundant rainfall, high levels of relative humidity and persistent western winds, mainly during the winter and autumn seasons (Azevedo et al. 2004).

Design Description

Description: At the three wetland sites more than 788 days of observations were carried out for a total of ca. 11.820 h of direct observations. Each observation lasted 15 minutes in which every sighted bird is registered. These were made by experienced birdwatchers using a Swarovski 20-60 telescope and Opticron Verano HD 10-42 binocular. Photographs were made with a Canon 60D camera. Whenever needed, the following field guides were used: Collins (DATE) and

• Method

Method Step

Description: The data has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardised format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table (events) contains 2003 records and one data table extension also exists (occurrence), with 12528 records. The extension supplies extra information about the core record.

Sampling

Study Extent: This study covers a small coastal area with 3.58 km extension between PPV and PPCP.

Sampling Description: At the three wetland sites more than 788 days of observations were carried out for a total of ca. 11.820 h of direct observations. Each observation lasted 15 minutes in which every sighted bird is registered. These were made by experienced birdwatchers using a Swarovski 20-60 telescope and Opticron Verano HD 10-42 binocular. Photographs were made with a Canon 60D camera.