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Bell Museum birds (MMNH-Birds)

Records of zoological specimens at J. F. Bell Museum of Natural Hitory (University of Minnesota)
Contact: Dr. Keith Barker (barke042@umn.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 28 June 2018
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Collection Statistics
  • 48,470 specimen records
  • 34,082 (70%) georeferenced
  • 164 families
  • 904 genera
  • 1,983 species
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Aix (84)
  • Alopochen (1)
  • Amazonetta (5)
  • Anas (859)
  • Anser (20)
  • Anserinae (1)
  • Aythya (318)
  • Branta (143)
  • Bucephala (111)
  • Cairina (11)
  • Callonetta (14)
  • Chen (85)
  • Chloephaga (7)
  • Clangula (61)
  • Cygnus (83)
  • Dendrocygna (50)
  • Histrionicus (10)
  • Lophodytes (47)
  • Marmaronetta (3)
  • Melanitta (57)
  • Mergellus (1)
  • Mergus (92)
  • Nesochen (1)
  • Netta (2)
  • Nettapus (3)
  • Oxyura (43)
  • Polysticta (7)
  • Somateria (62)
  • Specularoides (1)
  • Tadorna (5)
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