Dataset

Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995

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Count of observed waterbirds during a survey in Kenya in 1995. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Nasirwa, O.; Oyugi, J.; Jackson, C.; Lens, L.; Bennun, L.; Seys, J. (1995). Surveys of waterbirds in Kenya, 1995: Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports: Ornithology, 20. National Museums of Kenya: Nairobi. 22 pp.

Citation: Nasirwa O.; Oyugi J.; Jackson C.; Lens L.; Bennun L.; Seys J.; Department of Ornithology, National Museums of Kenya; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4238) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/175

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:34

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=waterbird_survey_kenya_1996

Oliver Nasirwa
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Joseph Oyugi
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Colin Jackson
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Luc Lens
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Leon Bennun
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

770
occurrence records
396
measurements and facts
76
taxa
66
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 770
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 770
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 770
100.0%
scientificNameID 62
8.1%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 770
100.0%
ON_LAND 488
63.4%
NOT_MARINE 203
26.4%
NO_MATCH 62
8.1%
MARINE_UNSURE 12
1.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data