{
  "checked": "2026-10-15",
  "checklist": {
    "publisher": "Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department / DATA.GOV.HK / HKSAR Government",
    "catalogue": "https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-afcd-afcdlist-checklist-of-biodiversity",
    "download": "https://www.afcd.gov.hk/data/Checklist_of_Biodiversity_in_Hong_Kong.csv",
    "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
    "bytes": 200337,
    "sha256": "bc71629fb6c31a7f4aaba868da0ab02154f29f3c560b8d009fefd91edcb62a29",
    "records": 1296,
    "groups": {
      "amphibians": 25,
      "birds": 559,
      "butterflies": 245,
      "dragonflies": 129,
      "freshwaterFish": 193,
      "reptiles": 89,
      "terrestrialMammals": 56
    },
    "terms": "https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions",
    "sourcePublicationDate": null,
    "processing": "RFC-style CSV quoting parsed; original scientific, English and Traditional Chinese names preserved. No inferred locations or threat classifications."
  },
  "interpretation": {
    "sources": [
      "https://doi.org/10.3390/f12050593",
      "https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/conservation/con_mar/con_mar_cor/con_mar_cor_hkcaml/con_mar_cor_hkcaml1.html",
      "https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/conservation/con_wet/con_wet_man/con_wet_man_what/con_wet_man_what.html",
      "https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_mar/cou_vis_mar_mon/cou_vis_mar_mon_eco_yct.html",
      "https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_mar/cou_vis_mar_des/cou_vis_mar_des_sha.html",
      "https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/conservation/con_wet/streams_rivers_hk/Introduction/intro.html"
    ],
    "rights": "Original Harbour factual synthesis and translations. Woodland interpretation independently based on Nichol & Abbas (2021), CC BY 4.0; original explanation, no source illustration copied. Restricted Herbarium material is not used or cited.",
    "scope": "Six habitat explanations, relationships to nine marine protected areas; no location-specific species occurrence claims.",
    "woodland": {
      "authors": [
        "Janet E. Nichol",
        "Sawaid Abbas"
      ],
      "title": "Evaluating Plantation Forest vs. Natural Forest Regeneration for Biodiversity Enhancement in Hong Kong",
      "year": 2021,
      "doi": "10.3390/f12050593",
      "rights": "CC BY 4.0",
      "licence": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
      "rightsEvidence": "https://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/10397/91394",
      "changes": "Original concise explanation translated into 21 languages; no figures or article text reproduced."
    }
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Animal checklist excludes plants, corals and many other groups. It is not a complete Hong Kong species count.",
    "Counts reflect the downloaded checklist, which can differ from newer AFCD web summaries.",
    "Habitat maps and species occurrence CSDI datasets identified but not ingested or displayed.",
    "No nesting sites or sensitive species coordinates inferred."
  ],
  "researchQueue": [
    {
      "id": "afcd_rcd_1639382960762_55768",
      "title": "Terrestrial Habitat Map",
      "status": "Identified; not ingested"
    },
    {
      "id": "afcd_rcd_1665632148848_93995",
      "title": "Occurrence Data of Hong Kong Species",
      "status": "Identified; spatial precision and source access not yet verified"
    }
  ]
}