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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
  • Amaurolimnas (5)
  • Amaurornis (8)
  • Aramides (18)
  • Coturnicops (37)
  • Crex (4)
  • Fulica (88)
  • Gallicrex (2)
  • Gallinula (52)
  • Gallirallus (14)
  • Laterallus (30)
  • Ortygonax (1)
  • Pardirallus (5)
  • Poliolimnas (2)
  • Porphyrio (3)
  • Porphyrula (22)
  • Porzana (156)
  • Rallina (2)
  • Rallus (156)
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