GalliForm: Galliformes occurrence records from the Indo-Malay and Palaearctic, 1800-2008 ...

GalliForm comprises 186687 galliform occurrence records linked to 118907 localities, predominantly in Europe and Asia. The dataset covers the 130 species of Galliform found in the Palaearctic and Indo-Malay biogeographic realms. Records of the hybrid Lophura imperialis, are also included as are some...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newcastle University
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Newcastle University 2020
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/9825yw
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d740f242-6c26-4229-9a8f-b63bfab63dc6
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Summary:GalliForm comprises 186687 galliform occurrence records linked to 118907 localities, predominantly in Europe and Asia. The dataset covers the 130 species of Galliform found in the Palaearctic and Indo-Malay biogeographic realms. Records of the hybrid Lophura imperialis, are also included as are some North American records of Lagopus muta and Lagopus lagopus. 95% of records date from 1877 to 2008 although the earliest record is from 1648. Records were derived from museums, peer-reviewed and grey literature, unpublished field notes, diaries and correspondence, banding records, atlas records and online birding trip reports. ...