Bird skeletons in the modern Osteological Collections at the University Museum of Bergen

Occurrence
Version 1.5 published by University of Bergen on Apr 25, 2023 University of Bergen
Publication date:
25 April 2023
Published by:
University of Bergen
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset contains a list of all the bird skeletons, partial skeletons, and skulls in the modern Osteological Collections at the University Museum of Bergen in Bergen, Norway, and associated information such as provenance data and measurements (if available). The material has been collected between the late 19th century and now. The main geographical focus of the collection is Norway and Scandinavia, but the collection also contains specimens from other countries.

Versions

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How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Meijer H J (2023). Bird skeletons in the modern Osteological Collections at the University Museum of Bergen. Version 1.5. University of Bergen. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=osteologi_birds&v=1.5

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 (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4f059695-36d9-4313-a27e-38e58ed0660c.  University of Bergen publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Occurrence; birds; Aves; osteology; skeleton; skull; Specimen

Contacts

Hanneke J.M. Meijer
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • User ●
  • Point Of Contact
Associate Professor & Curator
University Museum of Bergen, Department of Natural History
Allegaten 41
5007 Bergen
NO
+47 55 58 29 18
https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Hanneke.J.M..Meijer
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-6869
Vidar Bakken
  • Publisher
Data manager
GBIF Norway
Natural History Museum, Sars' gate 1
0562 Oslo
Norge
NO
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-2059

Geographic Coverage

The main focus of this collection is Norway and Scandinavia, but it contains specimens of other areas as well.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

All bird skeletons, partial skeletons and skulls were identified to species level.

Class Aves (Birds)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1850-01-01 / 2023-01-01

Collection Data

Collection Name Bird skeletons in the modern Osteological Collections at the University Museum of Bergen
Specimen preservation methods Dried

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 4f059695-36d9-4313-a27e-38e58ed0660c
https://ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=osteologi_birds