Bird species found in Benin					

Charles GANGNIBO1, Jaures Alain GBETOHO2, Jean Ganglo3

1 Laboratory of Forest Sciences. University of Abomey-Calavi, BP 1493 Calavi Bénin, 229, Calavi, Benin; 2 Laboratory of Forest Sciences, BP 1493 Calavi Bénin, 229, Calavi, Benin; 3 

Corresponding author(s): Charles GANGNIBO (charlaco2000@yahoo.fr), Jaures Alain GBETOHO (gljaures@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Gangnibo N. C., Gbetoho A. J., Ganglo C. J., 2017. Checklist of bird species found in Benin,  in the framework of the BID-AF2015-0044-SMA project, FSA-UAC.					

Abstract

This checklist holds bird species found in Benin.  Species in the checklist is retrieved from datasets published in the framework of the project BID-AF2015-0044-SMA. That list was elaborated from the available literature on birds and the status are according the Redlist of threatened species of Benin.					

Keywords: Checklist, Birds, Species, Benin

Project details

Project title: Gathering of biodiversity data on bird species for their sustainable management in Benin
Personnel: Charles GANGNIBO
Funding: The project is funded by the Union European through Biodiversity Information Development (BID) Programme
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Mobilization of data on bird species found in Benin.
Design description: The project aims to contribute to the conservation of bird species in Benin through the enhancement of data availability on these species.
Two mains goals to achieve:
Goal 1: Increase available biodiversity data
-	Raise of the awareness on the importance of biodiversity data for data holders and policy makers
-	Enhance capacity for data mobilization
-	Publish bird occurrence species
-	Establish a checklist of bird species found in Benin

Goal 2: Apply biodiversity data in response to conservation priorities
-	Achieve the current and potential ecological niche of two threatened bird species in the context of global change
-	Identification of areas of importance for birds conservation and suggestion of measures for conservation

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt-benin.gbif.fr/resource?r=charles_gangni

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Aves
Common names: Bird

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This checklist holds bird species found in Benin.  Species in the checklist is retrieved from datasets published in the framework of the project BID-AF2015-0044-SMA. That list was elaborated from the available literature on birds and the status are according the Redlist of threatened species of Benin.					

Coordinates: 6°15'0''N and 12°18'0''N Latitude; 1°18'0''E and 3°25'12''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: June 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Bird species found in Benin					
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-benin.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=charles_gangni
Publication date of data: 2017-07-26
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2017-07-26
Hierarchy level: Dataset

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