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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
  • Alectoris (5)
  • Argusianus (7)
  • Callipepla (99)
  • Catreus (1)
  • Chrysolophus (5)
  • Colinus (185)
  • Coturnix (9)
  • Crossoptilon (3)
  • Cyrtonyx (15)
  • Dactylortyx (7)
  • Dendrortyx (10)
  • Francolinus (5)
  • Gallus (5)
  • Lophophorus (1)
  • Lophura (12)
  • Melanoperdix (2)
  • Oreortyx (7)
  • Pavo (11)
  • Perdix (48)
  • Phasianus (113)
  • Philortyx (2)
  • Polyplectron (7)
  • Rhizothera (1)
  • Rollulus (2)
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