SDNHM Birds Collection
Citation
Unitt P (2021). SDNHM Birds Collection. San Diego Natural History Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dot7ae accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-21.Description
The San Diego Natural History Museum Birds Collection has grown into a major resource on bird species of western North America, including Baja California. Its taxonomic coverage includes 90% of the world's bird families, a coverage extended by the museum's status as a repository for specimens from the San Diego Zoo. The department produced the San Diego County Bird Atlas (http://www.sdnhm.org/science/birds-and-mammals/projects/san-diego-county-bird-atlas/), published in 2004 and based on field work from March 1997 through February 2002.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Skins of almost all species of North America, including Baja California. The full range of variation (geographic, seasonal, sexual, developmental) of many southwestern species is represented. Passerines with complex geographic variation are covered in greatest depth. The skeleton collection is taxonomically broad, covering over 90% of all bird families. For groups not occurring in western North America, it is based heavily on specimens received through the San Diego Zoo. The waterfowl, parrots, pigeons, starlings, and babblers are among the large families especially well covered. There are 48 primary type specimens (holotypes and syntypes).
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Avescommon name: birds rank: class
Geographic Coverages
California, Oregon, Arizona, and Baja California are the states best covered.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Philip Unittoriginator
position: Curator
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0235
email: birds@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/
Philip Unitt
metadata author
position: Curator
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0235
email: birds@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/
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
Philip Unitt
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0235
email: birds@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/