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UMNH Birds Collection (Arctos)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Rickart E, Derieg K (2023). UMNH Birds Collection (Arctos). Version 1.71. Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xera9v accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-09.

Description

The ornithology collection includes nearly 20,000 specimen records, and is one of the largest in the Intermountain West. Records from the egg collection date back to the 1870s provide some of the earliest information on breeding habits of birds from the Intermountain region. Research of adjunct curators Jack Broughton (Anthropology) and Dale Clayton (Biology) have added several hundered specimens, including a growing collection of bird skeletons.

Taxonomic Coverages

Nearly 600 species belonging to 75 families in 21 orders are represented.
  1. Aves
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The collection's prinicipal growth was achieved through the work of William Behle and his students on the birds of Utah and surrounding states. There also are substantial specimen holdings from the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and the South Pacific region.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Eric Rickart
originator
position: Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: rickart@umnh.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu
Eric Rickart
metadata author
position: Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: rickart@umnh.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu
Katrina Derieg
metadata author
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: kderieg@nhmu.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu
Shannen Robson
point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Utah Museum of Natural History
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: srobson@nhmu.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu
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
Eric Rickart
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: rickart@umnh.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu
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