UCM Bird Eggs/Nests Collection (Arctos)
Citation
Braker E (2024). UCM Bird Eggs/Nests Collection (Arctos). Version 16.94. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/me5qmy accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-20.Description
Vertebrate Zoology in the CU Museum of Natural History is a biodiversity repository of more than 120,000 specimens from five taxa: Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles (Herpetology), Birds, and Mammals. With the exception of birds, our collections are the largest collections of their kind in Colorado. Specimens from Colorado and the surrounding plains, plateaus, and basins are the strength of our collection. The UCM Egg & Nest Collection contains over 2,250 egg sets and nests. Nearly three-quarters of this collection was assembled by distinguished naturalists Denis Gale and G. Morrison in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. These historic specimens represent much of the avifauna found in Colorado and several Midwestern states, and are accompanied by detailed field notes. An additional 600 egg sets collected in the US and Peru in the late 1970s-1990s are preserved as broken fragments, historically used to examine variation in eggshell gas exchange in montane and lowland habitats.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
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Avescommon name: birds rank: class
Geographic Coverages
These historic specimens represent much of the avifauna found in Colorado and several Midwestern states, and are accompanied by detailed field notes. An additional 600 egg sets collected in the US and Peru in the late 1970s-1990s are preserved as broken fragments, historically used to examine variation in eggshell gas exchange in montane and lowland habitats.
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Contacts
Emily Brakeroriginator
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
COLORADO
US
Telephone: 3034928466
email: emily.braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates
Emily Braker
metadata author
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
COLORADO
US
Telephone: 3034928466
email: emily.braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet 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
Emily Braker
point of contact
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
CO
US
Telephone: 303-492-8466
email: Emily.Braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Christy McCain
curator
position: Vertebrate Zoology Curator
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
CO
US
Telephone: 3037351016
email: christy.mccain@colorado.edu
Emily Braker
administrative point of contact
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
COLORADO
US
Telephone: 3034928466
email: emily.braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates