Birds from literature

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Description

The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHM-DK) is a research centre associated with the University of Copenhagen. Their library is a member of the national library association who recently received state funding to make available online the resources held by its members. The NHM-DK would like to begin digitization of the field notebooks, journal publications and books held in their library, some of which have significant historic value. After a short consultation with their regular partners, NHM-DK received a suggestion from the Head of the management office of the Nordjylland National Park. They would like the contents of a particular classic literature compilation digitized for a project they are running: ‘Birds at the Danish Lighthouses, 1883–1939’ (In Danish, ‘Fuglene ved de danske Fyr, 1883–1939’). They want to use any occurrence data recorded in those books from two lighthouses (Lodbjerg Fyr and Hanstholm Fyr) for an on-site exhibition project. The NHM-DK has started discussions with their national GBIF node, DanBIF, about the mobilization of the information contained in these volumes, namely to preserve their contents for the future and provide online access for everyone.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,212 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

1212

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Antolinez V (2025). Birds from literature. Version 1.0. No organisation. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=birdsexecise&v=1.0

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has not been registered with GBIF

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Valentina Antolinez

Originator ●
Point Of Contact

Valentina Antolinez Pinzón

User

vantolinez@unbosque.edu.co

Geographic Coverage

Denmark

Bounding Coordinates	South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Project Data

No Description available

Title	Birds fallen at Danish Lighthouses, 1883–1939

The personnel involved in the project:

Valentina Antolinez

Sampling Methods

Observations recorded by lighthouse keepers at 45 Danish lighthouses and lightships between 1883 and 1939

Study Extent	The sampling area in this study encompassed 45 Danish lighthouses and lightships, with observations recorded opportunistically by lighthouse keepers during nocturnal bird migration events between 1883 and 1939

Method step description:

The methodology for this study involved a multi-stage process combining historical data collection, modern digitization, and expert validation. Lighthouse keepers originally recorded bird observations and weather conditions opportunistically during migration seasons (1883–1939), preserving specimens for museum cataloging.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers	https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=birdsexecise