Data · dataset · 2022
Bird Survey Results for Areas in the City of Melbourne, February and March 2018
Listed in Open Data City of Melbourne
This dataset contains survey data for bird species across various river and wetland locations in the City of Melbourne.
Description
Bird transect surveys were conducted by Ecology Australia at the following locations: Dynon Road, West Melbourne, Wildlife Sanctuary (1), Dynon Road, West Melbourne, Tidal Drain (2), Moonee Ponds Creek lower catchment near Racecourse Road, Kensington and Dynon Road, West Melbourne (3), Maribyrnong River near Newells Paddock and Dynon Road, West Melbourne (4), Royal Park Oak Street Wetland (5), and Stony Creek Backwash, Footscray (6).
Surveys were undertaken during daylight hours and were repeated on various dates throughout February and March 2018. Bird surveys were conducted by completing transects along the waterbodies and identifying bird species and numbers. These surveys were undertaken to primarily track bird species richness at Site (1) with Site (3) existing as a reference site with comparable habitat characteristics.
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This bird survey dataset includes the bird’s common name, scientific name, the corresponding Victorian Biodiversity Atlas Code, the date the survey was conducted, and the location of the survey (including the latitude and longitude). The Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) is managed by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and provides a list of species observations in Victoria. Each species has an identification ‘code’ number.
Please get in contact with the Urban Forest and Ecology Team (nature@melbourne.vic.gov.au) if you wish to view the full report by Ecology Australia or if you have any questions about the dataset.
Links
Get the data
- CSV export data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/bird-survey-results-for-area… ↗
download · from data melbourne vic gov au
Where it is published
- Open Data City of Melbourne dataset page data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/explore/dataset/bird-survey-results-for-areas-in-the-city-of-m… ↗
landing page · from data melbourne vic gov au
Catalogue records · 1
- Explore API data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/bird-survey-results-for-area… ↗
metadata API · from data melbourne vic gov au
Topics
- Stated by source
- Environment
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Life Sciences · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Ecology 69%
Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Data City of Melbourne | bird-survey-results-for-areas-in-the-city-of-melbourne-february-and-march-2018 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | enrichment · data melbourne vic gov au | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ods_theme:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au:environment | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | /metas/default/description |
| license | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 | /metas/default/title |
| updated_date | source · data melbourne vic gov au | connector:data_melbourne_vic_gov_au@1.0.0 |