Description
The checklist consists of species of birds from the fauna of Ukraine protected according to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, or African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). In Ukraine this agreement had its entry into force on January 1st 2003. Therefore, according to the documents accompanying the Agreement, these species should be under relevant protection on the territory of Ukraine.
Data Records
The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 114 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Marushchak O, Prylutskyi O, Vasyliuk O (2024). List of birds from the fauna of Ukraine protected according to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA). Version 1.1. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Checklist dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=aewabirdsua&v=1.1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6f50ef79-79a8-4194-9c68-208505188115. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Checklist; birds; avifauna; migratory species; protected lists; AEWA; international agreements; Ukraine; ornithofauna; Inventorythematic
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Custodian Steward ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-5593
- Originator
- Originator
Geographic Coverage
The Checklist covers the entire territory of Ukraine.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [43.835, 22.061], North East [52.483, 40.342] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The checklist included various species of migratory birds (class: Aves).
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Gaviiformes, Gruiformes, Pelecaniformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Podicipediformes, Suliformes |
Sampling Methods
Scientific names were manually extracted from the species list indicated on the web site of the Agreement: https://www.unep-aewa.org/en/species
| Study Extent | The Checklist covers the entire territory of Ukraine. |
|---|---|
| Quality Control | Scientific names, including authorship, are given using GBIF species matching tool. |
Method step description:
- Manual data transcribing from the document to the spreadsheet.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 6f50ef79-79a8-4194-9c68-208505188115 |
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| https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=aewabirdsua |