Avifauna recorded using point count method during 2003 Spotted Ground-thrush surveys in Kenyan Coastal Forests Fragments

The biological importance and uniqueness of East African coastal forests is widely recognized; they form an Endemic Bird Area. Important remnants of this fragmented habitat are on the southern Kenyan coast, but their avifauna has been little studied. In between June and July 2003, a survey of endangered Spotted ground-thrush (Geokichla guttata) was undertaken with an overall objective of examining it conservation status on its non-breeding grounds in the Kenyan Coastal Forest. Other avifauna of the ten South Coast Forest fragments were assessed including the threats facing them using mist-netting, time species counts and point counts. This dataset contains 2504 entries of birds recorded using the point count method. Some birds in the IUCN red list recorded in this data set include near threatened East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi), Fischer’s Turaco (Tauraco fischeri), Southern banded snake-eagle (Circaetus fasciolatus) and Spotted Ground Thrush (Geokichla guttata). The data were formatted according to the Darwin Core Standards by A Rocha Kenya before publishing through the IPT at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.