ATLAS OF THE BREEDING BIRDS OF ARABIA

Project Co-ordinator and Phoenix Editor is Michael C. Jennings, Warners Farm House, Warners Drove, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3WD, England.

Tel/Fax 01487 841733 (International 0044 1487 841733)

Email: arabian.birds@dial.pipex.com

CONTENTS PAGE

1.  Introduction

2.  Instructions for contributors  

If readers have any problems with opening, printing or understanding the forms, or other documents listed here,  please contact the Project Co-ordinator, see above. 

• Instructions for Contributors      Form 1:                    
• List of Arabian Breeding Birds     Form 2:                   
• Observer Records Sheet             Form 3:                   
• Example of completed Form 3     Form 3 (example):     

3.  Bibliography of Arabian Birds  

Search from second authors, species, places and subjects.

4.  Index to Phoenix Newsletter

Back issues, ABBA reports and sales.

6.  Digital images from recent ABBA Surveys  

The copyright of these pictures is held by the ABBA Project - they may be printed off for personal use only.  Commercial reproduction can be arranged only with the specific permission of the Project Co-ordinator.

•    ABBA Survey 29:  Southern Oman 

                    Includes a description of the dracaena forrests of Jebel Samhan and the birds found there.

•    ABBA Survey 30:  Saiq Plateau Northern Oman

                   Includes a description of habitats and birds found on the Saiq plateau.

•    ABBA Survey 31:  Yemen Red Sea Islands

7.  Other Censuses and Data Collection 

The following census and data collection formats are optional parts of the ABBA database.  The censuses (Forms 7 and 16)  allow a better understanding of the status and number of Arabian breeding birds and can provide data for various other studies.  The nest record datasheet (Form 6) provides a convenient means of collecting detail of individual nesting occurrences and is especially important for the many Arabian breeding birds where nesting information is deficient.  

It is recommended that the form are printed off and completed by hand initially.  They can be copied to a saved version later.  Completed forms should be send to the ABBA Coordinator.   All data provided to the ABBA Project is available to other researchers.  

• Nest Record Datasheet                 Form 6 
• Five Minute Point Count               Form 7
• Half Hour Early Morning Census  Form 16

If any questions arise in the completion of the forms please email the Project Coordinator.