4.22 BIRD ENDEMISM

Data ID

Description:

Endemism of birds in Namibia derived from records collected by the Southern African Bird Atlas Project

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

File name:

Bird endemism

File type:

ArcView shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

bird

endemism

Notes on data, analysis and

Information on birds was derived from an analysis of records collected by the Southern African Bird Atlas Project. The

compilation:

data were amended to include the recently identified Barlow's lark. A 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. 14 species of birds are considered to be endemic to Namibia (with 90% or more of their range in Namibia).

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 5 representing zero to high endemism

NO_SPECIES

Number of endemic species, 5 range classes from 0 to 8 - 10

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Namibian Avifaunal Database

Contact:

Rob Simmons

Online/Offline Address:

Directorate of Environmental Affairs

Private Bag 13306

Windhoek

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted