Distribution of a crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine

Yehor Yatsiuk1, Oleh Prylutskyi2

1 Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, J. Liivi 2, EE-50409, Tartu, Estonia; 2 V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody sq. 4, School of Biology, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Yehor Yatsiuk (yatsjuk.e@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Yatsiuk Y (2022): Distribution of a crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. v1.0. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=crested_tit_kharkiv_ukraine&v=1.0

Abstract

The studied region is located at the south-eastern border of a crested tit range with several isolated localities were previously known from published sources. This work was intended to understand the details of the species distribution in the region. Between 2014 and 2019, 258 point counts were done in pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests on sand river terraces using a playback point count technique. The dataset includes both positive and negative registrations. New occupied areas had been found, expanding the range of this species further to the south-east.

Keywords: Samplingevent, Crested tit, Lophophanes cristatus

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=crested_tit_kharkiv_ukraine

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset consists of records of one species.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Lophophanes
Species: Lophophanes cristatus

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The dataset covers the area of Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine.
Coordinates: 48°32'44.54''N and 50°44'11.24''N Latitude; 34°45'38.67''E and 38°53'29.77''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: March 10, 2014 - April 8, 2019

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Field counts of birds.
- . 	Georeferencing and creating the dataset.
- . 	Organizing of the dataset according to the DarwinCore standards.
Study extent description: Sampling was made in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in a transition between East European forest-steppe and Pontic steppe ecoregions (Olson et al., 2001). Previously, crested tit was known only from several localities in pine-dominated forests located on sand river terraces in the central part of the region (Somov, 1897; Volchanetsky, 1954; Vergeles, 1994; Vergeles et al., 1994). Current study covered similar habitats in a wider area to uncover the details of its distribution here, from north-western (closer to the main range) to south-eastern part of the region.
Sampling description: Field studies were made between 2014 and 2019. Playback point count method was used: 258 points were visited during the pre-breeding and early breeding season (mid-February–mid-April) when calling activity of birds was highest. The total time of adult calls playbacks and passive listening in each point was 10 minutes. Birds responded from within 100 meters around count point. Each ‘event’ represents one point count. Presence or absence of responding birds is shown in field ‘occurrenceStatus’ and the number of responding birds is shown in fields ‘organismQuantity’. Pine stand origin for each count point (natural or planted) is given in the field ‘fieldNotes’.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Distribution of a crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=crested_tit_kharkiv_ukraine
Publication date of data: 2022-12-27
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-12-27
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Olson, D.M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E.D., Burgess, N.D., Powell, G.V., Underwood, E.C., D’amico, J.A., Itoua, I., Strand, H.E. & Morrison, J.C. (2001). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth A new global map of terrestrial ecoregions provides an innovative tool for conserving biodiversity. BioScience 51: 933–938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051%5b0933:TEOTWA%5d2.0.CO;2
Somov, N.N. (1895). Ornithological fauna of Kharkiv Governorate, Materials for understanding of fauna and flora of the Russian Empire. Sect. Zool. Kharkiv: 680 p. [in Russian]
Volchanetsky, I.B. (1954). To the avifauna of north-eastern Ukraine. Scientific Notes of Kharkiv University 52: 63–64. [in Russian]
Vergeles, Y.I. (1994). Bird population in the vicinities of the Kharkiv State University biological station. Winter aspect. In: The birds of Seversky Donets River basin 2: Proceedings of the 2nd scientific conference of the Working Group on birds of the Seversky Donets River basin. Kharkiv, 33–34. [in Russian]
Vergeles, Y.I., Gorelova, L.N. & Drulyova, I.V. (1994). An essay on vegetation and bird population in the vicinities of the Kharkiv State University biological station (summer aspect). In: The birds of Seversky Donets River basin 2: Proceedings of the 2nd scientific conference of the Working Group on birds of the Seversky Donets River basin. Kharkiv, 29–33. [in Russian]