Auckland Museum Land Vertebrates Collection
Citation
Erickson R, Galbraith J, Hoare B (2025). Auckland Museum Land Vertebrates Collection. Version 1.16. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xmpo2s accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-30.Description
Auckland Museum's outstanding land vertebrates collection comprises over 15,000 bird specimens, 3,800 amphibians and reptiles and 1,600 land mammals. These specimens are primarily from northern New Zealand, but there is also a significant amount of material from elsewhere in the country, from islands of the south-west Pacific, from Australia and from around the world. The collection is particularly strong in kiwis and moas, oceanic seabirds, penguins, cormorants, ducks, waders and allies (Charadriiformes).
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New Zealand
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Contacts
Ricky-Lee Ericksonoriginator
position: Collection Manager, Land Vertebrates
Auckland Museum
NZ
email: rerickson@aucklandmuseum.com
Josie Galbraith
originator
position: Curator, Land Vertebrates
Auckland Museum
NZ
email: JGalbraith@aucklandmuseum.com
Brodie Hoare
metadata author
position: Online Collections Data Analyst
Auckland Museum
Auckland
NZ
email: bjhoare@aucklandmuseum.com
Adam Moriarty
user
email: amoriarty@aucklandmuseum.com
Ricky-Lee Erickson
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager, Land Vertebrates
Auckland Museum
NZ
email: rerickson@aucklandmuseum.com
Josie Galbraith
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Land Vertebrates
Auckland Museum
NZ
email: JGalbraith@aucklandmuseum.com