Houston Museum of Natural Science, Ornithology Collection

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Houston Museum of Natural Science on Jan 26, 2026 Houston Museum of Natural Science
Publication date:
26 January 2026
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CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

The ornithology collection of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has an emphasis on the birds of Texas, with a focus on the Gulf Coast. The collection also includes species from Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and Australia.

Data Records

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Houston Museum of Natural Science. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 94449a32-83f9-405d-af6a-bc010e7f49ea.  Houston Museum of Natural Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Timothy McSweeny
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Assistant, Vertebrate Zoology
Houston Museum of Natural History
  • 5555 Hermann Park Drive
77030 Houston
Texas
US

Geographic Coverage

Our collection contains specimens from across the globe, with a focus on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Our collection also includes specimens from Africa, South and Central America, Asia, and Australia.

Bounding Coordinates South West [28.46, -101.7], North East [30.66, -95.6]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata, Vertebrata, Verebrata, Craniata
Class Aves
Order Apterygiformes, Suliformes, Anseriformes, Struthioniformes, Galliformes, Pteroclidiformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Cathartiformes, Opisthocomiformes, Gruiformes, Apodiformes, Sphenisciformes, Musophagiformes, Nyctibiiformes, Coliiformes, Galbuliformes, Casuariiformes, Trogoniformes, Cuculiformes, Tinamiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Ciconiiformes, Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, Ramphastides, Columbiformes, Charadriiformes, Bucerotiformes, Podicipediformes, Eurypygiformes, Psittaciformes, Caprimulgiformes, Procellariiformes, Strigiformes, Otidiformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Craciformes, Phaethontiformes, Columiformes, Gaviiformes

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 1969-01-01

Additional Metadata

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