Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museum Bird Specimens (Arctos)
Citation
Tir J, Cassidy K (2025). Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museum Bird Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.17. Charles R. Conner Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/69rrkk accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-24.Description
The Charles R. Conner Museum's bird collection contains over 16,700 birds, including approximately 14,000 study skins, 1,000 skeletons, 1,000 prepared wings, 1,600 fluid-preserved birds, 250 sets of eggs and a few nests. The majority of birds in this collection are from the Western United States, primarily Washington and Idaho. We also have a notable collection of birds from the Mariana Islands.
Purpose
Education and research.
Sampling Description
Method steps
Additional info
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; https://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Birds
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Avesrank: class
Geographic Coverages
Primarily specimen from the Western United States, but includes specimen from every continent.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jessica Tiroriginator
position: Graduate Research Assistant
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
email: jessica.tir@wsu.edu
homepage: https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/
Kelly Cassidy
originator
position: Curator (retired)
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
Pullman
WA
US
Jessica Tir
metadata author
position: Graduate Research Assistant
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
email: jessica.tir@wsu.edu
homepage: https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
Eric Roalson
point of contact
position: Interim Director
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
Jessica Tir
curator
position: Curator / Collections Manager
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
email: connermuseum@wsu.edu
Jessica Tir
administrative point of contact
position: Graduate Research Assistant
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
email: jessica.tir@wsu.edu
homepage: https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/