Overview
Project Name
Global Biodiversity Information Facility datasets
Access Level
Open
Dataset
AMNH Bird Collection
About
Dataset summary
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.
