Sokoke Forest (lowland rain forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Sokoke Forest (lowland rain forest)
Reference: P. L. Britton and D. Z. Zimmerman. 1979. The avifauna of Sokoke Forest, Kenya. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Musum 169:1-15 [ER 1175]
Geography
Country: Kenya
Coordinate: 3° 18' S, 39° 58' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 31.0
CMT: 26.0
MAP: 850.0
Habitat comments: "lowland rain forest"
climate data are for the Arabuko-Sokoke forest (certainly the same place) and are from Otieno et al. (2016, F1000Research)
MAP ranges spatial within the ASF from 600 to 1100 mm
climate data are for the Arabuko-Sokoke forest (certainly the same place) and are from Otieno et al. (2016, F1000Research)
MAP ranges spatial within the ASF from 600 to 1100 mm
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: no design,mist nets
Sample size: 100 individuals
Years: 1973
Days: 4
Sampling comments: "140 m of net in a single line" used "for 13 hours daily" over four days
Metadata
Sample number: 1706
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-09 20:34:31
Modified: 2018-04-20 09:27:15
Abundance distribution
21 species
6 singletons
total count 100
geometric series index: 38.1
Fisher's α: 8.107
geometric series k: 0.8679
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9154
Shannon's H: 2.7093
Good's u: 0.9404
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Turtur tympanistria | 1 | 8.6 g granivore-frugivore |
| Ispidina picta | 3 | 3.8 g piscivore |
| Campethera abingoni | 1 | |
| Smithornis capensis | 3 | 23.2 g insectivore |
| Chlorocichla flaviventris | 5 | 42.0 g |
| Nicator chloris | 6 | 49.1 g insectivore |
| Phyllastrephus debilis | 9 | 15.4 g insectivore |
| Phyllastrephus fischeri | 13 | 5.2 g |
| Phyllastrephus terrestris | 4 | 33.9 g |
| Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | 5 | 26.1 g |
| Cossypha natalensis | 17 | 34.1 g |
| Sheppardia gunningi | 4 | 18.0 g |
| Camaroptera brachyura | 2 | 1.6 g insectivore |
| Batis mixta | 6 | 12.2 g insectivore |
| Erythrocercus holochlorus | 1 | 6.0 g |
| Terpsiphone viridis | 1 | 13.8 g insectivore |
| Trochocercus cyanomelas | 7 | 10.2 g insectivore |
| Hedydipna collaris | 1 | 2.6 g nectarivore |
| "Anthreptes collaris" | ||
| Anthreptes reichenowi | 1 | 2.7 g |
| Cyanomitra olivacea | 8 | 2.8 g insectivore-nectarivore |
| "Nectarinia olivacea" | ||
| Mandingoa nitidula | 2 | 9.6 g granivore-insectivore |