| 4.35 COASTAL BIRDS |
| Data ID |
| Description: | Distribution of coastal birds along the coast |
| Chapter: | 4 Living Resources |
| File name: | coastal birds |
| File type: | ArcView shapefile |
| Geographical area: | Atlantic Ocean |
| | Namibia |
| Keywords: | marine |
| | coastal |
| | bird |
| | wetland |
| Notes on data, analysis and | Derived from counts of birds assembled over the years by the Ornithology Section of the Ministry of Environment and |
| compilation: | Tourism. Numbers of birds recorded during each count were averaged, as were the counts for wetlands close to each |
| | other, e.g. groups of islands off the south coast and various wetlands around Swakopmund |
| Data quality and organisation |
| Positional Accuracy: | Original data collected at quarter degree square (approx 27 x 27 km) resolution or better |
| Vector/Raster: | Vector |
| Spatial reference |
| Projection: | Geographic |
| Fields |
| Field name | Field description |
| SITE | Name of site |
| NO_SPECIES | Number of species |
| NO_BIRDS | Average number of birds |
| Source/Distribution |
| Data Source: | Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
| Contact: | Rob Simmons |
| Online/Offline Address: | Schubert Haus |
| | Private Bag 13306 |
| | Windhoek |
| | |
| | Tel: 272766 |
| Distribution notes: | Unrestricted |