Description
The ornithological collection is the largest department of the Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History. The collection consists of study skins, mounted birds, eggs, nests, skeletons, bones, and feathers. The majority of the study skins and mounted birds are native to Ohio, with several from Australia, Europe, South America, and the Middle East. The egg collection houses specimens from across the United States, in addition to a substantial collection of eggs from Indian birds donated in the 1920s. The collection also includes a selection of wooden birds carved by former professor of zoology, Dr. William D. Stull.
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 2,287 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.
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:
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History Ornithology Collection
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 45a84259-8f6d-4b2a-9fcb-d77d2e3ac668. Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Worldwide (in particular Ohio, Palestine, Australia, and India, with a few specimens from Africa and South America)
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Struthioniformes, Casuariiformes, Tinamiformes, Galliformes, Anseriformes, Podicipediformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Columbiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Cuculiformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Gaviiformes, Sphenisciformes, Procellariformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes, Pelecaniformes, Accipitriformes, Strigiformes, Bucerotiformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Falconiformes, Psittaciformes, Passeriformes
| Class | Aves |
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| Order | Struthioniformes, Casuariiformes, Tinamiformes, Galliformes, Anseriformes, Podicipediformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Columbiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Cuculiformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Gaviiformes, Sphenisciformes, Procellariformes, Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, Suliformes, Accipitriformes, Strigiformes, Bucerotiformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Falconiformes, Psittaciformes, Passeriformes |
Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1859-Present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Ohio Wesleyan University Bird Specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/OWU:Bird |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OWU |
Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
| Purpose | Birds of Ohio and representatives of Australian, African, South American, Middle Eastern birds, Indian |
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| Alternative Identifiers | OWMZ |
| 45a84259-8f6d-4b2a-9fcb-d77d2e3ac668 | |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=owu_bird |