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LSUMZ Birds Collection

Dataset homepage

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.php

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Aves
    rank: class

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/
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
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