ZFMK Ornithology collection
Citation
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). ZFMK Ornithology collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zd8hju accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-23.Description
The bird collection at the collection at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) - Museum Koenig Bonn contains comprises about 80,000 - 85,000 individuals, most of them (76,000) are specimens, the rest are mounted preparations. The collection is complemented by skeletons and specimens in alcohol (ca. 3,000). In addition, the egg collection encompasses 60,000 single objects including ca. 1,700 nests. In 2003, we began to build up a collection of tissue samples which is continuously growingTaxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
LIB Biodiversity Datacentertechnical point of contact
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 2289122342
email: datacenter@leibniz-lib.de
Dr. T. Toepfer
administrative point of contact
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: 0049 (0) 2289122246
email: t.toepfer@leibniz-lib.de
Dr. T. Toepfer
originator
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: 0049 (0) 2289122246
email: t.toepfer@leibniz-lib.de
LIB Biodiversity Datacenter
technical point of contact
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 2289122342
email: datacenter@leibniz-lib.de
Dr. T. Toepfer
administrative point of contact
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: 0049 (0) 2289122246
email: t.toepfer@leibniz-lib.de
Dr. T. Toepfer
originator
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Telephone: 0049 (0) 2289122246
email: t.toepfer@leibniz-lib.de