Description
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Bird Collection houses approximately 57,400 specimens from around the world (1842 - present), with a focus on the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions. The collection includes study skins, skeletal material, taxidermy mounts, frozen tissue samples (~10000 individuals), and associated parasites (ecto and endo; curated separately). Growth of the collection continues primarily through field collection and salvage activities. A collection of approximately 7,000 egg sets and nests is curated separately.
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 19,915 records.
5 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:
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Bird Collection
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has not been registered with GBIF
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator of Ornithology
- 2001 Colorado Blvd.
- 303-370-6469
- Point Of Contact
- Assistant Collections Manager, Department of Zoology
- 2001 Colorado Blvd.
- 303-370-8387
- Point Of Contact
- Collections Manager, Department of Zoology
- 2001 Colorado Blvd.
- 303-370-8319
Geographic Coverage
Worldwide with focus on Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Birds
| Class | Aves |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1842-present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) Bird specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | DMNS:Bird |
| Parent Collection Identifier | DMNS |
| Specimen preservation methods |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | Natural History Research and Education |
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=dmns_bird_ggbn |