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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceAlaska
LocalityWainwright
Latitude70.6369444444
Longitude-160.0383333333
Institution CodeDmns
Collection CodeBird
Catalog NumberDmns:bird:8056
Collected ByCollector(s): Russell W. Hendee
Date Collected1922-06-03

From Recordset

https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/zoology-collections/ornithology/

he Denver Museum of Nature & Science bird collection contains approximately 53,000 specimens from around the world (1842 to the present), with a focus on the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions. The collection is worldwide in scope (six out of seven continents represented) with excellent taxonomic coverage of class Aves (205 out of ~224 families represented). Ordinal representation is excellent; however, more than half of the birds in the collection belong to Passeriformes. The collection includes study skins, skeletal material (~5,000, most with associated skin), taxidermy mounts, frozen tissue samples (~12,000), and associated parasites (ecto- and endoparasites). Growth of the collection continues primarily through salvage activities. The 7,000 egg sets/nests are curated separately - this collection is also global in scope with a focus on North America and Europe.

Contacts

Name Garth Spellman
RoleCurator of Ornithology
EmailGarth.Spellman@dmns.org
Name Garth Spellman
RoleCurator of Ornithology
EmailGarth.Spellman@dmns.org
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Dusty McDonald
RoleArctos Database Programmer
Emaildlmcdonald@alaska.edu
Name Garth Spellman
RoleCurator of Ornithology
EmailGarth.Spellman@dmns.org
Name Andrew Doll
RoleZoology Collections Manager
Emailandrew.doll@dmns.org
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