Description
The Ornithology Collection contains more than 7,000 bird specimens from around the world, with strong representation from Western Canada. The collection primarily consists of whole bird skins, numerous skeletons, striking mounted birds, and a collection of eggs, beaks, feet and wings. There are many rare and historically important specimens, representing species now endangered. The collection is used for teaching and research, and is valued for its potential in genetic analysis as many species in Alberta are at the northern or western limit of their range.
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 7,918 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:
University of Alberta Museums, Becker-Burns A, Mallalieu K (2025). University of Alberta Museum of Zoology Ornithology Collection (UAMZ). Version 1.2. University of Alberta Museums. Occurrence dataset. http://doi.org/10.18165/srgkci
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Alberta Museums. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 84f728be-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. University of Alberta Museums publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Originator
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-5834
- Custodian Steward
- Assistant Director Collections Management
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-3871
- Metadata Provider ●
- Custodian Steward
- Collections Management Advisor
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-6271
- Curator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- CW 405, Biological Sciences Bldg., University of Alberta
- 780-492-0672
- Custodian Steward
- Assistant Director Collection Management
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-3871
Geographic Coverage
Global, North America, Canada, Alberta
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The following taxonomic groups make up >10% of the collection: Aves, Passeriformes, Galliformes, Charadriformes, Anseriformes, Fringillidae, Phasianidae
| Class | Aves (Birds) |
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| Order | Passeriformes (Perching Birds), Galliformes (Fowl), Anseriformes (Waterfowl), Charadriformes (Shorebirds) |
| Family | Fringillidae (Finches), Phasianidae (Partridge, Turkey, Grouse, Pheasant) |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1874-current |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Alberta Museum of Zoology |
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| Collection Identifier | UAMZ |
| Parent Collection Identifier | UAM |
| Specimen preservation methods | Mounted, Other |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | doi:10.18165/srgkci |
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| 84f728be-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a | |
| https://ipt-test.museums.ualberta.ca/ipt/resource?r=uamz_ornithology |