EDP Foz-Tua: Terrestrial Birds (occasional observations)- Complementary Studies [2009-10]

João Alexandre Cabral1, Paulo Travassos1, Regina Santos2, Tiago Múrias3

1 CITAB - Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agro-ambientais e Biológicas, Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 1349-017 Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal; 2 CITAB - Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agro-ambientais e Biológicas, Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 1349-017 Vila Real, , Portugal; 3 CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Vairão, Portugal

Corresponding author(s): João Alexandre Cabral (jcabral@utad.pt)Paulo TravassosRegina Santos, Tiago Múrias (tdsantos@cibio.up.pt)

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Resource Citation

Cabral J A, Travassos P, Santos R, Múrias T (2019): EDP Foz-Tua: Terrestrial Birds (occasional observations)- Complementary Studies [2009-10]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_birds_ocas_ec&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

The dataset contains occasional records of terrestrial birds (Aves) collected in the lower valley of the River Tua, and included in the Complementary Studies (2009-2010) of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected between April and May 2010 during field visits to 16 sampling points with favourable habitats in 20 2x2 km UTM squares on the area of the lower Tua river valley directly or indirectly affected by the Foz Tua dam. The occurrence of birds was recorded whenever individuals were seen or heard in the vicinity of the observer.

Keywords: Birds; terrestrial; occurrence; occasional observations

General description

Purpose: This dataset is part of a broader initiative whereby the company EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. will make available biodiversity data collected during impact assessment and biological monitoring studies.

Project details

Project title: EDP Foz Tua Birds (occasional observation) - Complementary Studies [2009-10]
Personnel: João Alexandre Cabral, Paulo Travassos, Regina Santos, Tiago Múrias
Funding: The work was funded by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study was conducted in part of the sub-basins of river Tua, prior to the construction and subsequent flooding of the lower part of this river valley by the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling was centered in suitable habitats for terrestrial birds found in a 5-km radius buffer around the future reservoir banks, and up to 50 km from the Tua mouth.
Design description: The objective of the study was to characterize the terrestrial avifauna in a buffer of 5 km around the lower Tua River valley before the dam construction, and to gather quality data to support the design and implementation of mitigation and/or compensation measures.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_birds_ocas_ec

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 13 orders, 33 families, 57 genera and 65 species.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes, Apodiformes, Bucerotiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Charadriiformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Cuculiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Strigiformes
Family: Accipitridae, Apodidae, Upupidae, Caprimulgidae, Scolopacidae, Columbidae, Alcedinidae, Meropidae, Cuculidae, Falconidae, Phasianidae, Aegithalidae, Alaudidae, Certhiidae, Corvidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Oriolidae, Paridae, Passeridae, Picidae, Regulidae, Scotocercidae, Sittidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Ardeidae, Strigidae, Tytonidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the valley of the River Tua (Northeast Portugal), in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region, up to 50 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães,  Alijó, Murça,  Vila Flor and Mirandela.
Coordinates: 41°11'27.6''N and 41°30'10.8''N Latitude; 7°30'54''W and 7°10'12''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: December 11, 2009 - May 3, 2010

Methods

Method step description: To be completed
Study extent description: The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the lower Tua River valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 50 km from the mouth in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães,  Vila Flor,  Alijó, Murça and Mirandela.
Sampling description: Occasional records, compiled from projects carried out in the same geographical area of the Foz Tua Dam. Species identification and assessment of age and sex (when possible) were carried out by field technicians with experience in ornithology. The identification and species assessment methods were those used for the bird regular census by point-counts.
Quality control description: All identifications were performed by qualified technicians

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive EDP Foz-Tua: Terrestrial Birds (occasional observations)- Complementary Studies [2009-10]
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=edp_tua_birds_ocas_ec
Publication date of data: 2020-01-22
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-07-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset