LSUMZ Birds Collection
Citation
Cardiff S, Mason N (2021). LSUMZ Birds Collection. Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/d90jm5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-23.Description
The collection of approximately 200,000 cataloged voucher specimens includes about 160,000 skins, 22,000 complete skeletons, and 8,000 fluid-preserved specimens, as well as 2,000 spread wings, 20,000 stomach-content samples and thousands of tape-recordings of bird vocalizations. Holdings from Peru, Bolivia, the West Indies, and the Southeastern United States are the largest in the world. The collection is among the 5-10 largest in the world from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, and Argentina. There are also substantial holdings from the western USA, Brazil, Africa, Kuwait, and Borneo. The vast majority of specimens were collected since 1950 and, therefore, relatively data-rich; a high percentage of specimens collected since 1980 have associated tissue samples. For information about how to obtain a loan see: https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ornithology.phpSampling Description
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Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
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Geographic Coverages
Significant holdings from US, Central and South America, Africa, and Malaysia.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Steven Cardifforiginator
position: Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 225-578-2855
email: scardif@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/ornithology/
Nicholas Mason
originator
position: Curator of Birds
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 845-240-0649
email: mason@lsu.edu
homepage: https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ornithology.php
Steven Cardiff
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 225-578-2855
email: scardif@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/ornithology/
Nicholas Mason
metadata author
position: Curator of Birds
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 845-240-0649
email: mason@lsu.edu
homepage: https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ornithology.php
Donna Dittman
point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 225-578-2855
email: ddittma@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/ornithology/
David Bloom
programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org/
John Wieczorek
programmer
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org/
Nicholas Mason
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Birds
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 845-240-0649
email: mason@lsu.edu
homepage: https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ornithology.php
Steven Cardiff
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 225-578-2855
email: scardif@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/ornithology/
Nicholas Mason
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Birds
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 01 845-240-0649
email: mason@lsu.edu
homepage: https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ornithology.php