Occurrence dataset Registered August 01, 2017

    Census of birds species of Benin from the inventory data in National Park of Pendjari

    KINGBO A • GANGNIBO C

    Description

    Data entered from an Engineer thesis that inventoried birds in National Park of Pendjari, in northen of Benin territory. The data were collected in 2004 and were mobilised in the framework of the project BID-AF2015-0044-SMA. The main point of this study was to collect all informations about them and to complete them with the inventory of mammals, birds and reptiles in order to propose the census sites as future Ramsar’s sites. Data were collected on some sites as : sacred’s ponds (mare sacrée), Diwouni’s pond, Tiabiga’s pond, Fogou’s pond and Bori’s pond, Bondjagou forest and Pendjari’s (Porga and Arly) and Magou’s rivers (Porga and flooded plain).

    Geographic scope

    Description

    Data entered from an Engineer thesis that inventoried birds in National Park of Pendjari, in northen of Benin territory. The data were collected in 2004 and were mobilised in the framework of the project BID-AF2015-0044-SMA. The main point of this study was to collect all informations about them and to complete them with the inventory of mammals, birds and reptiles in order to propose the census sites as future Ramsar’s sites. Data were collected on some sites as : sacred’s ponds (mare sacrée), Diwouni’s pond, Tiabiga’s pond, Fogou’s pond and Bori’s pond, Bondjagou forest and Pendjari’s (Porga and Arly) and Magou’s rivers (Porga and flooded plain).

    Latitude
    From 10.85 to 11.45
    Longitude
    From 1.18 to 1.96

    Temporal scope

    range
    May 07, 2004 - October 22, 2004

    Taxonomic scope

    Coverage
    AvesBird

    Metrics

    Bibliography

    • DOVONOU-VINAGBE S. P. K. (2004). Evaluation des potentialités et inventaire des mammifères, oiseaux et reptiles des zones humides de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari. Thèse d'Ingénieur Agronome AGRN/FSA/UAC. 107p.
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    Contacts

    • Armand KINGBO

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      Laboratory of Forest Sciences. University of Abomey-Calavi
      Position
      Research Assistant
      Address
      BP 1493 Calavi Bénin
      Roles
      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Email
      Phone
    • Charles GANGNIBO

      Metadata author
      Organization
      Laboratory of Forest Sciences. University of Abomey-Calavi
      Address
      BP 1493 Calavi Bénin
      Roles
      Metadata author
      Email
    • Jean Ganglo

      User
      Roles
      User
      Email

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    August 01, 2017
    Metadata last modified
    August 13, 2018
    Publication date
    August 01, 2017
    Hosted by
    GBIF Benin
    Installation
    GBIF Benin IPT
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/ltbb89
    Alternative identifiers

    Citation

    KINGBO A, GANGNIBO C (2017). Census of birds species of Benin from the inventory data in National Park of Pendjari. Laboratory of Forest Sciences (University of Abomey-Calavi). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ltbb89 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-16.