Northern Michigan University (NMU) Bird specimens (Arctos)
Citation
Galbreath K (2024). Northern Michigan University (NMU) Bird specimens (Arctos). Version 1.89. Northern Michigan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uvqbic accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.Description
The bird collection of the Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology is a small (few hundred specimens) collection of skins representing avian diversity of the Great Lakes Region.
Purpose
The NMU bird collection is primarily used for teaching in organismal courses.
Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
The NMU Museum of Zoology bird collection contains representatives of many orders of birds, with the largest holdings (ca. 70%) from Passeriformes.
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Geographic Coverages
The Northern Museum of Zoology bird collection contains specimens predominantly from Michigan, with some specimens from other U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Kurt Galbreathoriginator
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1586
email: kgalbrea@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/kurt-galbreath
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0833
Kurt Galbreath
metadata author
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1586
email: kgalbrea@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/kurt-galbreath
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0833
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Alec Lindsay
content provider
position: Faculty Curator of Birds
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2113 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
MI
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1834
email: alindsay@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/alindsay
Kurt Galbreath
administrative point of contact
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1586
email: kgalbrea@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/kurt-galbreath
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0833
Alec Lindsay
administrative point of contact
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
email: alindsay@nmu.edu