The Department of Ornithology maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/96c93a1e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
Homepage: http://www.amnh.org/our-research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology
Citation: Trombone T (2013). AMNH Bird Collection. American Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xvzdcm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-04-29.