DMNH Birds
Citation
Woods, Ph.D. J L (2016). DMNH Birds. Version 8.1. Delaware Museum of Natural History. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/b63cw6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-20.Description
The bird collection consists of approximately 67,000 study skins, 2,500 spread wings and 9,000 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
Collection is worldwide in scope with strengths in USA, Mexico, and Philippines.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jean L. Woods, Ph.D.originator
position: Curator of Birds
Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 314
email: jwoods@delmnh.org
homepage: http://www.delmnh.org
Jean L. Woods, Ph.D.
metadata author
position: Curator of Birds
Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 314
email: jwoods@delmnh.org
homepage: http://www.delmnh.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.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
Jean L. Woods, Ph.D.
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Birds
Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
19807-0937
DE
US
Telephone: +01 302-658-9111 -- 314
email: jwoods@delmnh.org
homepage: http://www.delmnh.org