Distribution, abundance and habitat preference of the Western Tragopan in the Palas Valley, Pakistan

This data set contains occurrence data of the Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) from a field survey in the Palas Valley, Pakistan. Numbers of calling individuals were counted during a standardized call count survey at 23 survey sites during the breeding season in April and May 2017 and 2018. Absence data at survey sites with no observations at a given day are also reported. Along with data from call count surveys we provide single point occurrences from transect walks in May and November 2019 (all sightings were counted, one occurrence refers to one individual).

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Dataset DOI: doi:10.15468/unxj3g

Data and Resources

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description	Palas Valey, Pakistan
Bounding coordinates	North: 35.06 West: 73.15 East: 73.27 South: 34.99
Temporal coverage
Time period	Begin: May 2, 2017 End: November 25, 2019
Other info
Last Updated	April 27, 2026, 08:07 (UTC)
Created	April 20, 2026, 13:01 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator and point of contact
Name	Martin Päckert
Associated party
Name	Akbar Shah
Organization affiliations	PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Shamsabad, Muree Road Rawalpindi Islamabad Pakistan Website:https://www.uaar.edu.pk/index.php
Role	Content provider

Associated publications

Publication

Link	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270922000120

Research data management planning

Types of data that will be / are / were created during the project	Occurrence data
Estimated volume of created data	<1GB
Data will be stored at (long-term archived)	The full data set containing occurrence data (including abundances) for this project is available at GBIF under DOI: 10.15468/unxj3g

Link to this dataset:

https://doi.org/10.15468/unxj3g