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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
  • Actitis (78)
  • Aphriza (8)
  • Arenaria (40)
  • Bartramia (36)
  • Calidris (548)
  • Catoptrophorus (33)
  • Gallinago (82)
  • Heteroscelus (9)
  • Limicola (1)
  • Limnodromus (92)
  • Limosa (74)
  • Lymnocryptes (2)
  • Numenius (40)
  • Philomachus (30)
  • Scolopax (124)
  • Tringa (135)
  • Tryngites (18)
  • Xenus (10)
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