Delaware Museum of Nature & Science — Birds
Citation
Kempken A (2024). Delaware Museum of Nature & Science — Birds. Version 8.2. Delaware Museum of Nature & Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/b63cw6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
The bird collection of the Delaware Museum of Nature & Science (DMNH, formerly known as Delaware Museum of Natural History) consists of approximately 67,000 study skins, 3,000 spread wings and 11,000 skeletons. The holdings represent about 4,000 bird species. About 140 taxa are in the type collection. The collection, worldwide in scope, has especially strong holdings of Philippine and Central and South American birds. Extinct species are also represented. Formation of the collection began when the Museum was founded in 1957. Among the collections that can be found here are those of George Miksch Sutton, Allan R. Phillips, Olin S. Pettingill, D.S. Rabor, M. Hachisuka and specimens from Charles Sibley's expeditions in 1975-1977 .Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Class Aves (Birds)
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Geographic Coverages
The bird collection is worldwide in scope with strengths in USA, Mexico, and Philippines.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Ashley Kempkenoriginator
position: Collections Manager of Birds
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 315
email: akempken@delmns.org
homepage: http://www.delmns.org
Ashley Kempken
metadata author
position: Collections Manager of Birds
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 315
email: akempken@delmns.org
homepage: http://www.delmns.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Matthew Halley, Ph.D.
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Birds
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 314
email: mhalley@delmns.org
homepage: http://www.delmns.org
Ashley Kempken
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager of Birds
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 315
email: akempken@delmns.org
homepage: http://www.delmns.org