66ceb189-7cbd-48c6-a5b7-05197547cb8c FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Information Systems Specialist +27 21 650 4751 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town Cape Town Rondebosch 7701 South Africa rene.navarro@uct.ac.za 2019-07-19T11:42:57 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 PHOWN: Photos of Weaver Nests 2018-08-28 1.0 http://metadata.sanbi.org/geonetwork/srv/metadata/66ceb189-7cbd-48c6-a5b7-05197547cb8c This data-set comprises validated species occurrence records of Weaver nests occurring in the continents of Africa and Asia, it includes all Weaver bird species. It is a collection of data from citizen science contributions, museum collections, and published literature records. Records range from 1779 to present. PHOWN (PHOtos of Weaver Nests) is a citizen science monitoring project aimed at determining the distribution of colonies or nests of all weaver species globally, and studying the variation in their colony sizes. Counting weaver nests and taking photos allows tracking of changes in weaver breeding effort. This project provides an easy way of monitoring common weavers, while helping the conservation of threatened weavers. Identification of citizen science records, based on the photos uploaded, is done by a panel of experts in the relevant taxa. The taxonomy is kept up-to-date by the project coordinator. All data is available to the public. Records are provided at the recorded precision, usually point coordinates. The coverage is good for South Africa, moderate for Namibia, and it is very sparse for the rest of Africa and Asia. The information consolidated within the project will build up a comprehensive identification guide, as well as mapping the ranges of each species. Dr Rene Navarro FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Information Systems Specialist +27 21 650 4751 University of Cape Town, Rondebosch Cape Town 7701 South Africa rene.navarro@uct.ac.za Weaver nests picture archive Distribution maps Terrestrial Fresh-water Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Passeriformes: Ploceidae 50000 environment 2008-07-01 -17.3 51.1 -34.6 38.2 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology rene.navarro@uct.ac.za ZIP 1 http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=PHOWN WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link A list of services published are available at this URL. Virtual Museum System null://null:null/srv/api/records/66ceb189-7cbd-48c6-a5b7-05197547cb8c/attachments/VMUS_to_DwC_20181005.xlsx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link VMUS_to_DwC_20181005.xlsx Virtual Museum field description and Darwin Core mapping PHOWN was established in 2008 as a Virtual Museum and Citizen Science project by Dr Dieter Oschadleus, when he was the coordinator of the The South African Bird Ringing Unit, at the Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town. PHOWN data sources and number of records in brackets: (as of 2019-07-19): ADU-UCT (Virtual Museum) (29,095). All records are shareable.