Hornbill Watch - Occurrence Dataset (India)

Aparajita Datta

doi:10.15468/u4685j

Hornbill Watch - Occurrence Dataset (India)

Citation

Datta A (2023). Hornbill Watch - Occurrence Dataset (India). Version 1.2. Nature Conservation Foundation. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/u4685j accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Hornbill Watch is an online platform created specially to record public sightings of hornbills from anywhere in India. The idea is to encourage birders, nature enthusiasts, and photographers to share information on hornbill presence, behaviour, and conservation-related issues. The main objective is to generate baseline information using sight records and enable long-term monitoring of these species by encouraging citizen participation.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

India

Sampling

Hornbill Watch has an interactive web interface that allows a person to report hornbill detections, which could be a call, sighting of a live bird, or a report of a dead/hunted/captive bird from anywhere in India. A contributor enters sighting information and uploads photographs through an online form on the website. A photograph is not insisted upon, though it is desirable. The website has a format that also encourages users to document additional details of their hornbill sightings that include, bird numbers, any demographic information such as age or sex of the individuals, the behaviours they observed, and the approximate location of their sighting—all without having to register or log in to the website. This makes it a quick, one-step process where sighting details can be uploaded immediately. More details here http://indianbirds.in/pdfs/IB_14_3_DattaETAL_HornbillWatch.pdf

Quality Control

The data received are reviewed at the back-end. While observations that fall within the known pattern are approved quickly, editors verify the documentation associated with all exceptional records before approving them.

Method steps

Data was converted to Darwin Core format using an R code. Code is here https://github.com/paintedstork/gbifconvert

Additional info

Datta, A., Naniwadekar, R., Rao, M., Sreenivasan, R., & Hiresavi, V., 2018. Hornbill Watch: A citizen science initiative for Indian hornbills. Indian BIRDS 14 (3): 65–70 http://indianbirds.in/pdfs/IB_14_3_DattaETAL_HornbillWatch.pdf

Taxonomic Coverages

Hornbills (Family: Bucerotidae)

Bucerotidae
common name: Hornbills rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Geographic limits of India

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Aparajita Datta
originator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, "Amritha", 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
Telephone: +918212515601
email: ncf@ncf-india.org
homepage: http://www.hornbills.in
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-8036

Praveen Jayadevan
curator
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, "Amritha", 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
Telephone: +918212515601
email: ncf@ncf-india.org
homepage: http://www.ncf-india.org

Aparajita Datta
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, "Amritha", 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
Telephone: +918212515601
email: ncf@ncf-india.org
homepage: http://www.hornbills.in
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-8036

Maitreyi Hegde
administrative point of contact
position: Intern
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, "Amritha", 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
Telephone: +918212515601
email: ncf@ncf-india.org
homepage: http://www.hornbills.in