The Bird Egg Collection of the University Museum Bergen

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by University of Bergen on Nov 26, 2025 University of Bergen
Publication date:
26 November 2025
Published by:
University of Bergen
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

The scientific collection of bird eggs at the University Museum of Bergen, Norway . Contained in the bird collection are about 2700 egg entries (complete or parts of clutches). In some cases, also whole nests are included. The eggs mainly come from Norwegian/Nordic bird species.

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 2,658 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.

Occurrence (core)
2658
MeasurementOrFacts 
4542

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.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Bergen. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7c7686bf-3c91-4d95-9561-e977e366e92b.  University of Bergen publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Terje Lislevand
  • Point Of Contact
  • Associate Professor
The University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
  • Bønesheien 162Allégaten 41
5007 Bergen
Vestland
NO
  • 92615724
Terje Lislevand
  • Point Of Contact
  • Associate Professor, Curator
The University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
  • Allégaten 41
5007 Bergen
Vestland
NO
  • 92615724
Bjørn Reidar Olsson
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collection manager
The University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
  • Allégaten 41
5007 Bergen
Vestland
  • +47 92094650

Geographic Coverage

The majority of data are from Norway but including specimens from all continents.

Bounding Coordinates South West [58.675, 4.539], North East [71.064, 31.153]

Taxonomic Coverage

Tinamiidae, Odontophoridae, Phasianidae, Anatidae, Opisthocomidae, Podargidae, Caprimulgidae, Trochilidae, Apodidae, Pteroclidae, Columbidae, Podicipedidae, Burhinidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostriae, Charadriidae, Thinocoridae, Jacanidae, Scolopacidae, Turnicidae, Glareolidae, Alcidae, Stercoraridae, Laridae, Cuculidae, Rallidae, Musophagidae, Gaviidae, Spheniscidae, Procellariidae, Ciconiidae, Pelecanidae, Ardeidae, Threskiornithidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Accipitridae, Tytonidae, Strigidae, Coliidae, Trogonidae, Upupidae, Phoeniculidae, Bucconidae, Megalaimidae, Lybiidae, Rhamphastidae, Picidae, Meropidae, Coraciidae, Momotidae, Alcedinidae, Falconidae, Psittacidae, Eurylaimidae, Cotingidae, Tyrannidae, Thamnophilidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Meliphagidae, Vangidae, Platysteiridae, Malaconotidae, Artamidae, Campephagidae, Pachycephalidae, Oriolidae, Vireonidae, Laniidae, Corvidae, Dicruridae, Paradisaeidae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, Turdidae, Paridae, Alaudidae, Phylloscopidae, Aegithalidae, Zosteropidae, Timaliidae, Hirundinidae, Pycnonotidae, Acrocephalidae, Cisticolidae, Regulidae, Bombycillidae, Cinclidae, Sturnidae, Sturnidae, Muscicapidae, Certhiidae, Sittidae, Troglodytidae, Polioptilidae, Nectariniidae, Chloropseidae, Prunellidae, Ploceidae, Estrildidae, Passeridae, Motacillidae, Fringillidae, Parulidae, Icteridae, Emberizidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae.

Class Aves (Birds)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1840-07-08 / 2024-01-01

Collection Data

Collection Name University Museum of Bergen, the bird collection
Collection Identifier urn:uuid:91dab78d-2217-4257-8a3a-37b7a1952a24
Parent Collection Identifier urn:uuid:c83101f0-56c9-4c25-bc3f-a22c476cf3b0
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol,  Dried,  Freeze-dried,  Mounted

Additional Metadata

Purpose

Museum collection.

Alternative Identifiers 7c7686bf-3c91-4d95-9561-e977e366e92b
https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=egg_collection_uib