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