Description
The ASNHC Bird Collection totals approximately 2,500 specimens. The primary geographic area of representation is the western Edwards Plateau of Texas. A minor collection from Guyana, South America, is also present. A significant portion (about 35 percent) of the collection is of teaching material (zoo or pet trade specimens). The collection was established in 1968 and remained relatively small for 20 years. Within the last decade, collection organization has formalized and the rate of specimen addition has accelerated.
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 3,994 records.
2 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.
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.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Angelo State Natural History Collections, Collection of Birds. Individual specimens should be cited as ASNHC:Bird: followed by the integer catalog number.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Angelo State Natural History Collections (ASNHC). 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: c561baa1-9f1c-460a-8efe-e6f7771e3a40. Angelo State Natural History Collections (ASNHC) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Primarily Texas and the Southwestern United States, but a few specimens exist from Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, South Africa, Australia, and several U.S. states including New Mexico, California, Kansas, Montana, Georgia, and parts of New England.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Birds of Texas and the Southwestern United States
| Class | Aves |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1967-present with a few older specimens |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Angelo State Natural History Collections (ASNHC) Bird specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | ASNHC:Bird |
| Parent Collection Identifier | ASNHC |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried, Mounted, Deep frozen |
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Additional Metadata
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| Purpose | The Collection of Birds is held for research, outreach, and university-level specimen-based education. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | c561baa1-9f1c-460a-8efe-e6f7771e3a40 |
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| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=asnhc_bird |