Shirin Atlas na Tsuntsaye na Kudancin Afirka

An gudanar da Aikin Atlas na Tsuntsayen Kudancin Afirka (SABAP) tsakanin 1987 da 1991.  Saboda an fara sabon atlas na tsuntsaye a kudancin Afirka a 2007, aikin da aka fara yanzu ana kiransa SABAP1. Sabon aikin atlas ana kiransa da Aikin Atlas na Tsuntsayen Kudancin Afirka na Biyu, kuma an takaita shi zuwa SABAP2 . Aikin yana ci gaba, kuma yanzu Cibiyar FitzPatrick ta Nazarin Tsuntsayen Afirka a Jami'ar Cape Town ce ke kula da shi. Yawancin tattara bayanai suna faruwa ne ta hanyar aikace-aikacen BirdLasser.  Aikin yana samun tallafin kuɗi daga BirdLife Afirka ta Kudu da Cibiyar Nazarin Bambancin Halittu ta Afirka ta Kudu.

 Faɗin 
SABAP ta shafi ƙasashe shida: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Afirka ta Kudu, Eswatini da Zimbabwe . A lokacin, Mozambique ta shiga cikin yaƙin basasa, kuma dole ne a cire ta daga ciki. Manufofin SABAP1 shine sel grid na digiri na kwata ( QDGC ), mintuna 15 na latitude da mintuna 15 na longitude, 27.4 km arewa-kudu kuma kusan 25 kilomita daga gabas zuwa yamma, yanki mai fadin murabba'in kilomita 700 km². Duk da haka, a Botswana an yi amfani da tantanin grid mai rabin digiri. Jimillar adadin tantanin grid, idan aka yi la'akari da ƙudurin da ya fi ƙarfi a Botswana, ya kai 3973. An gudanar da aikin filin ne galibi a cikin shekaru biyar na 1987 – 1991, amma masu gudanar da aikin sun haɗa da duk bayanan da suka dace da aka tattara daga 1980 – 1987. A wasu yankuna, musamman waɗanda ba a iya isa gare su ba, tattara bayanai ya ci gaba har zuwa 1993.

Masu farautar tsuntsaye ne suka gudanar da aikin filin, kuma mafi yawansu an yi su ne bisa ga aikin sa kai. Aikin filin ya ƙunshi tattara jerin tsuntsayen da za a yi wa QDGCs. An tattara dukkan jerin abubuwan da aka lissafa gaba ɗaya a cikin rumbun adana bayanai. Bayanan ƙarshe sun ƙunshi 147 Jerin abubuwan dubawa 605, waɗanda ke ɗauke da jimillar bayanan rarraba tsuntsaye miliyan 7.3. Daga cikin jimillar gwaje-gwajen QDGC guda 3973, 88 ne kawai ba su da jerin abubuwan dubawa (2.2% na jimillar). 

Sashen Kididdigar Avian (ADU) da ke Jami'ar Cape Town ne ya gudanar da aikin. Sashen ya canza suna a shekarar 2008 zuwa Sashen Kididdigar Avian, domin nuna yadda yake fadada, amma ya ci gaba da amfani da kalmar ADU. An rufe Sashen Kididdigar Avian a shekarar 2018.

 Kayayyaki 
Sakamakon ƙarshe na aikin shine tarin littattafai masu girman A4 guda biyu, waɗanda suka ƙunshi nau'ikan tsuntsaye 932, tare da jimillar shafuka 1500, waɗanda BirdLife South Africa ta buga a shekarar 1997.  Littattafan yanzu ba a buga su ba, amma ana samun rubuce-rubucen nau'ikan halittu daban-daban a gidan yanar gizon SABAP2 . BirdLasser Juzu'i na 1 kuma ya ƙunshi babi kan mahimmancin yanayin ƙasa na Afirka ta Kudu ga tsuntsaye. "THE ATLAS OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN BIRD : VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES" (PDF). Adu.org.za. Retrieved 2016-12-02. A lokacin bugawa , Atlas na Tsuntsayen Afirka ta Kudu shine, a lokacin bugawa, babban aikin bambancin halittu da aka taɓa gudanarwa a Afirka. Wannan aikin ya nuna cewa rayuwar tsuntsaye a kudancin Afirka tana nuna bambancin wurare a yankin: 9% na nau'ikan tsuntsayen duniya ana samun su akai-akai a can, duk da cewa yana wakiltar kashi 1.67% kawai na yankin ƙasa na duniya. 

 Tasiri 
Tasirin aikin akan ilimin tsuntsayen kudancin Afirka ya yi yawa. Rubuce-rubucen nau'ikan ba wai kawai sun ba da bayanai kan rarrabawa ba, har ma sun gabatar da sabbin bayanai da nazari kan yanayin kiwo da kuma alkiblar ƙaura da kuma yanayin ƙaura. Saboda haka, SABAP ya zama muhimmin ma'auni ga duk wani bincike da ya shafi waɗannan muhimman fannoni na ilmin halittar tsuntsayen.  Ya ba da mafi yawan bayanan da aka dogara da su kan tsarin zaɓar Yankunan Tsuntsaye Masu Muhimmanci a Kudancin Afirka,  da kuma Jerin Ja na IUCN ga tsuntsayen Afirka ta Kudu, Lesotho da Swaziland. 

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