AMNH Bird Collection

Tom Trombone

doi:10.15468/xvzdcm

AMNH Bird Collection

Citation

Trombone T (2013). AMNH Bird Collection. American Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xvzdcm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The Department of Ornithology maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections.

Taxonomic Coverages

The specimens represent nearly 99 percent of all species.

Aves
common name: birds rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The specimens represent all continents and oceans.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Tom Trombone
originator
position: Data Manager
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York
10024
NY
US
Telephone: +01 212-313-7783
email: trombone@amnh.org
homepage: http://www.amnh.org/

Tom Trombone
metadata author
position: Data Manager
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York
10024
NY
US
Telephone: +01 212-313-7783
email: trombone@amnh.org
homepage: http://www.amnh.org/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
Telephone: +01 785 813-1496
email: dbloom@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

Tom Trombone
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York
10024
NY
US
Telephone: +01 212-313-7783
email: trombone@amnh.org
homepage: http://www.amnh.org/