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Birding
The Check-list |
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How
to use this page (print for future reference)
The
below is the step by step instructions.
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You need to register with your name, country and a working e-mail
by clicking on “sign-up” on www.birdingperu.com/forums/expeditionbirding.
(Note that we respect your privacy. Your e-mail will never be
sold or transferred to a third party. Any future mailings you
may receive will come from us and have an opt-out option that
will be respected.) Obviously, it is important that the users
can be identified so any misuse can be stopped. Fill in the
form and send.
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Within 24 hours you will be notified that you have been accepted
and you can start recording your observations.
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When you receive your acceptance go to www.birdingperu.com/forums/expeditionbirding
The expedition birding birds are ordered more or less taxonomically
with 100 species per page view. There is a very fast search
function where bits of English names or scientific names can
be searched for. Points mentioned are the current for 2004.
Some birds may show 0 points on this list. This means that they
have had a threat status in the past but now are considered
without risk. Present observations of such species do not give
points, but if you recorded such a bird in the past you will
be given the corresponding points. There is a country column
where the countries of its distribution will be shown, when
range data has been included. And finally there is the view
icon that will change to red when the overall distribution has
been completed.
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Click on the name or the view icon and a page with distribution
and observations will appear.
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a).As long as the Expedition Birding pages are being constructed
you may help us inserting as complete as possible the range
data for species you have knowledge of.
a. Select the countries from which the birds have been recorded.
Click next.
b). A new window asking for cardinal points where the birds
have been recorded within a country. It can be general or more
specific. If it has been recorded all over the country check
all four of the major cardinal’s points. The cardinal
points are shortened (North, South, East, West and Central)
by a one letter code N, S, E, W and C. Click next when this
is done.
c). Here you are required to fill in or select a region for
each country. Click new region for each country if there is
no data inserted. You can mention a general geographic area,
an island group or island, a mountain range and even departments,
regions or states. Click save for each region added.
d). You can go on filling in sub regions as well – (optional
but it will future users if you do). When you click next you
may fill in other comments on the distribution.
e. Click save and in a few seconds you will be back at the species
account page.
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If you do not have full knowledge of the range you may nevertheless
record you observation. You can create new localities for your
observation which will be included in the range data. Slowly
but surely a data base for localities of where to see a specific
species will be collected. Do the following.
a). Click “add observation”
b). Choose observation date (minimum year-month and day optional),
c). Check a location. If your location is not listed, click
“Here” to add a new location. If there are no distribution
data listed at all, you may still add country, region and subregion.
The subregion is usually the name of the specific locality where
you have seen the bird.
d). Add coordinates if you have them (optional but useful)
e). Add your sighting note (optional but very useful for other
users)
f). upload your record.
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Recently we have added various ways of retrieving data from
the data base. We will improve these features little by little.
Please let Humberto Romero betto@kolibriexpeditions.com
know if there are features you miss or if there are improvements
to be made.
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Happy Expedition Birding!
Saludos
Gunnar
Engblom
Kolibri Expeditions
www.kolibriexpeditions.com
kolibriexp@telefonica.net.pe
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