Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995

Oliver Nasirwa; Joseph Oyugi; Colin Jackson; Luc Lens; Leon Bennun; Jan Seys

doi:10.14284/175

Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995

Citation

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. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4238) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/175 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

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.

Additional info

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).

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1836

Aves
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenyan Coast

Kenya, Tana R.

Kenya, Victoria L.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Oliver Nasirwa
originator
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Joseph Oyugi
originator
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Colin Jackson
originator
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Luc Lens
originator
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0241-2215

Leon Bennun
originator
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Jan Seys
originator
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1131-6740

originator
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

originator
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be