title: The collection and database of Birds of Angola hosted at IICT (Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical), Lisboa, Portugal.
abstract: The bird collection of the Instituto de Investigação Cientítica Tropical (Lisbon, Portugal) holds 5598 preserved specimens (skins), mainly from Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, and Cape Verde. The subset collection from Angola includes 1560 specimens, which were taxonomically revised and georeferenced for the publication of this data paper. The collection contains a total of 522 taxa, including 161 species and 361 subspecies. Two species are classified by the IUCN Red List as Endangered - the wattled crane (Grus carunculata) and the Gabela bush-shrike (Laniarius amboimensis) - and two are classified as vulnerable - African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) and the white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis). The temporal span of the database ranges between 1943 and 1979, but 32% are from years 1958-1959, and 25% from years 1968-1969. The spatial coverage of the collection is uneven, with 2/3 of the records representing only four of the eighteen provinces of the country, namely Huíla, Moxico, Namibe and Cuanza Sul. It adds, however, valuable information for the Huíla area of the Angolan Scarp, which is probably a biodiversity hotspot of global conservation priority. Furthermore, this georeferenced database adds invaluable bird information to the GBIF network, for one of the countries with highest but less known biodiversity in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, R. da Junqueira, 86 - 1°, 1300-344, Lisboa, Portugal ; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos / InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos / InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reino
authors.affiliation: CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos / InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beja
authors.affiliation: Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa ; A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, PO Box 13404, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Michael Stuart Lyne
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal ; Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Cristiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bastos-Silveira
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, R. da Junqueira, 86 - 1°, 1300-344, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal ; Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Isabel Queirós
authors.initials: IQ
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, R. da Junqueira, 86 - 1°, 1300-344, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Consciência
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, R. da Junqueira, 86 - 1°, 1300-344, Lisboa, Portugal ; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos / InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Figueira
keywords: Angola; Animalia; Aves; Chordata; Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT); Occurrence; Specimen