The PUCV ornithological collection

Manuel Lopez-Aliste; Francisco Fonturbel

doi:10.15468/gbrk7m

The PUCV ornithological collection

Citation

Lopez-Aliste M, Fonturbel F, Gonzalez-Bernal S (2024). The PUCV ornithological collection. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gbrk7m accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-03.

Description

This database gathers 952 bird specimens deposited in the Zoological Collection of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) in Chile. This zoological collection was gathered by many scientists in the early XX Century, and those specimens were preserved thanks to the fine work of the Italian taxidermist José Carpeneto, who worked at the PUCV for many years. This collection is currently deposited in the Curauma campus of the PUCV, and part of it is on permanent exhibition for outreach purposes. This digitization effort is part of the PUCV to mobilize its biological collections and make them freely available through GBIF, encouraging national and international researchers to generate new knowledge based on this invaluable heritage, which is a silent witness of the vast plant diversity that once existed in Chile and that is now vanishing due to anthropogenic drivers.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

This database contains the specimens recorded in the Zoological collection held at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. This collection is the result of >50 years of work, initiated by Mr. José Carpeneto to which many professors and students have contributed with specimens.

Sampling

Bird specimens were collected in the field and undergone a taxidermy process to unsure their long-term preservation.

Quality Control

Taxonomy updated with Taxon Match.

Method steps

Database curation and check for taxonomy and accuracy.

Taxonomic Coverages

N/A

Chordata
rank: phylum
Aves
rank: class
Passeriformes
rank: order
Furnariidae
rank: family
Animalia
rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

This dataset covers continental Chile

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Manuel Lopez-Aliste
originator
position: Database technician
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: lopezalistemanuel@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8791-8599

Francisco Fonturbel
originator
position: Adjunct professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/ecoevolutionary/home
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-2816

Sebastian Gonzalez-Bernal
metadata author
position: Technician
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: sebastian.gonzalez@pucv.cl

Francisco Fonturbel
user
email: francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl

Francisco Fonturbel
administrative point of contact
position: Adjunct professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/ecoevolutionary/home
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-2816