LSUMZ Birds Collection

Steven Cardiff

doi:10.15468/d90jm5

LSUMZ Birds Collection

Citation

Cardiff S (2016). LSUMZ Birds Collection. Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/d90jm5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-05-27.

Description

The collection of approximately 184,000 cataloged voucher specimens includes about 150,000 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://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/files/2014/04/Loans-Information-Requests.pdf

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Aves
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Geographic Coverages

Significant holdings from US, Central and South America, Africa, and Malaysia.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Steven Cardiff
originator
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/

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/

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/

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/