CHAS Ornithology (Arctos)

Dawn Roberts

doi:10.15468/i6rsqd

CHAS Ornithology (Arctos)

Citation

Roberts D (2023). CHAS Ornithology (Arctos). Version 2.70. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/i6rsqd accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-31.

Description

The Chicago Academy of Sciences ornithology collection includes over 13,000 specimens, with approximately 12,000 skins and 1,000 mounted specimens. An important addition in 1965 was the donation of 3,600 specimens from S. S. Gregory, which includes the extinct Ivory-billed Woodpeckers and Carolina Parakeets. In all, 583 species of North American birds are represented. Thirty percent of the birds were collected before 1900, including important Illinois specimens from Robert Kennicott and Benjamin T. Gault. There is also a valuable collection of nearly 1,000 Alaskan skins. Other notable collectors include Alfred M. Bailey, P. Brodkorb, Charles D. Brower, Henry K. Coale, Francis S. Dayton, Ruthven Deane, Stephen Strong Gregory, Charles D. Klotz, Roy V. Komarek, Edwin V. Komarek, C. C. Sanborn, and Earl G. Wright.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

The ornithology collection represents 580 species. Most are species that occur in the Midwest, though many of these species are migrants that are also native to South America and Canada.

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Geographic Coverages

United States, primarily the Midwest region, and also expeditions to Alaska, Arizona, the Great Smoky Mountains, Louisiana, Florida, and South Dakota.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dawn Roberts
originator
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Dawn Roberts
metadata author
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Erica Krimmel
point of contact
position: Assistant Collections Manager
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5118
email: ekrimmel@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Dawn Roberts
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org