| 4.14 BIRD DIVERSITY |
| Data ID |
| Description: | Diversity of birds in Namibia derived from records collected by the Southern African Bird Atlas Project |
| Chapter: | 4 Living Resources |
| File name: | bird diversity |
| File type: | ArcView shapefile |
| Geographical area: | Namibia |
| Keywords: | bird |
| | diversity |
| Notes on data, analysis and | Information on birds was derived from an analysis of records collected by the Southern African Bird Atlas Project. A |
| compilation: | grid file (at 5km cell size) was created from point data (i.e.centroids of QDS) using a kriging interpolator. The shapefile |
| | was created from the grid file once suitable class intervals were identified. |
| Data quality and organisation |
| Positional Accuracy: | Original data collected at quarter degree square (approx 27 x 27 km) resolution |
| Vector/Raster: | Vector |
| Spatial reference |
| Projection: | Geographic |
| Fields |
| Field name | Field description |
| RANK | rank of 1 to 8 representing low to high diversity |
| NO_SPECIES | number of species: 8 range classes from 1-50, to more than 230 |
| Source/Distribution |
| Data Source: | Namibian Avifaunal Database |
| Contact: | Rob Simmons |
| Online/Offline Address: | Directorate of Environmental Affairs |
| | Private Bag 13306 |
| | Windhoek |
| Distribution notes: | Unrestricted |