Description
The dataset contains records of 204 bird species from 53 families and 19 orders collected within the Donetsk and Kharkiv administrative regions of Ukraine. Studies of the avifauna were conducted mainly in the northern part of Donetsk oblast (outskirts of Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Sviatohirsk, Lyman, Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Chasiv Yar, etc.) and the northeastern part of Kharkiv oblast (the city of Izium). The majority of the material was collected in the territories of the nature reserve fund of Ukraine - regional landscape parks “Kramatorsk”, “Slavic Resort”, “Kleban-Byk”, national nature parks “Holy Mountains”, “Meotyda”, the branch of the Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve “Chalk Flora”, local nature reserves, etc.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence 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 10,572 records.
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:
Vysochyn M (2025). Records of birds (Aves) in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions (Ukraine) during 1999-2009. Version 1.0. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=donetskregionbirds1999_2009vysochyn1&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 239ac5bb-94ff-4d64-a310-ae0ab49a6d06. 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
Occurrence; records; Ukraine; ornithofauna; birds; Aves; Donetsk region; steppe; biodiversity; Observation
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5847-4810
- Custodian Steward
Geographic Coverage
The dataset consists of finds registered in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [46.892, 36.895], North East [49.279, 38.413] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The dataset consists of exclusively records of birds (Aves).
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1999-08-04 / 2009-11-29 |
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Project Data
The project is aimed on collecting, digitalization and preservation of data on biodiversity records in Ukraine.
| Title | Preservation of Scientific Heritage of Nature Reserves and National Parks Affected by the War |
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| Identifier | 09-12-2024 |
| Funding | The project was implemented by the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group with the support of the Goethe-Institut Ukraine, part of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Observations were made with various binoculars 7X, 8X, 12X, 15X, 18X, 20X. Whenever possible, photographs were taken with film and digital cameras. All observations were carefully recorded in field diaries. The records were referenced to the nearby settlement and indicated the habitat in which the observation was made. In the vast majority of bird species records, their number was noted. Geographical coordinates were calculated in the free GIS program QGIS in decimal degrees according to the WGS84 coordinate system. Various online maps (OSM, GoogleMap) and satellite images were used to link the bird observation data to the mapping base. The Latin names of bird species are given according to the list approved by BirdLife International and used in the electronic version of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW and BirdLife International 2018).
| Study Extent | The bulk of the material was collected during walking route surveys of birds. The database also includes occasional random bird registrations and materials from surveys while traveling by road or rail. |
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| Quality Control | The author - an ornithologist with long-term experience of field studies - is solely responsible for the quality of the data presented in the published dataset. |
Method step description:
- Conducting field surveys.
- Visual, audio, and other bird records.
- Species (genus, family) identification.
- Georeferencing.
- Organization of the data set in accordance with Darwin Core standards.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=donetskregionbirds1999_2009vysochyn1 |
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