University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Bird Collection (Arctos)

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates on Dec 5, 2024 University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Publication date:
5 December 2024
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Description

The UWYMV Bird Collection is housed in the Robert and Carol Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center on the campus of the University of Wyoming. It is a part of the Department of Zoology and Physiology. The collection was started in 1894 and Wilbur C. Knight, the state geologist, was appointed as the first curator. The museum's mission was to document and describe Wyoming's avian biodiversity. There was a brief period of active collecting by Knight and Charles W. Gilmore in 1897 and 1898. This was followed by a period of inactivity until the arrival of Ernest Pilsbury Walker as an undergraduate. He collected specimens around the southeastern part of the state from 1910 through 1912. He also contributed his personal collection from Sheridan, Indiana. Beyond sporadic trading and salvaging, the collection has been mostly inactive for the past 100 years until Matt Carling was hired as curator and James Maley was hired as collections manager. The collection was moved into the Berry Center and organized, and it is now undergoing rapid expansion.

Data Records

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Occurrence (core)
4124
Multimedia 
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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Matthew Carling
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
  • Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
82071 Laramie
WY
US
  • (307) 766-6169
Elizabeth Wommack
  • Content Provider
  • Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
  • Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center, 1000 E. University Ave.
82071 Laramie
WY
US
  • (307) 766-6227
Laura Russell
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Programmer
David Bloom
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
  • Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
Dusty McDonald
  • Point Of Contact
  • Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
Elizabeth Wommack
  • Content Provider
  • Collections Manager
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
  • Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center, 1000 E. University Ave.
82071 Laramie
WY
US
  • (307) 766-6227

Geographic Coverage

The UWYMV bird collection has global coverage but the majority of holdings are from Wyoming and the western and central United States.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic coverage of the UWYMV bird collection is historically focused on Nearctic families.

Class Aves

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1886-present

Collection Data

Collection Name University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Bird specimens
Collection Identifier UWYMV:Bird
Parent Collection Identifier UWYMV

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Purpose

The mission of the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates is to document and understand regional and global biodiversity through the acquisition and investigation of collections made by museum faculty, staff, and students to advance academic knowledge and public appreciation of the natural world

Alternative Identifiers abcaccad-9e01-4b2a-b493-32531cbed32a
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=uwymv_bird