Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 97,692 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
- Occurrence (core)
- Multimedia
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), University of California, Berkeley
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 62ad511d-d298-4fd7-80e7-f5d5bd32299e. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
MVZ bird observational data are focused on western North America, with additional data from eastern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, and Africa.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
MVZ bird observational data are focused on Passeriformes, with spotty representation for other avian orders.
| Class | Aves |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1954 to present |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 62ad511d-d298-4fd7-80e7-f5d5bd32299e |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=mvzobs_bird |