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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
  • Adelomyia (2)
  • Aglaiocercus (4)
  • Amazilia (102)
  • Anthracothorax (25)
  • Archilochus (146)
  • Atthis (2)
  • Boissonneaua (3)
  • Calothorax (1)
  • Calypte (18)
  • Campylopterus (164)
  • Chaetocercus (2)
  • Chalybura (4)
  • Chlorestes (2)
  • Chlorostilbon (8)
  • Chrysolampis (9)
  • Chrysuronia (1)
  • Coeligena (1)
  • Colibri (13)
  • Cynanthus (5)
  • Damophila (1)
  • Doricha (2)
  • Doryfera (1)
  • Eriocnemis (7)
  • Eugenes (9)
  • Eulampis (1)
  • Eupherusa (1)
  • Eutoxeres (1)
  • Florisuga (8)
  • Glaucis (2)
  • Heliangelus (2)
  • Heliodoxa (2)
  • Heliomaster (5)
  • Hylocharis (13)
  • Lafresnaya (1)
  • Lampornis (9)
  • Lamprolaima (1)
  • Lesbia (3)
  • Leucochloris (2)
  • Metallura (1)
  • Ocreatus (3)
  • Patagona (1)
  • Phaethornis (136)
  • Popelairia (1)
  • Ramphomicron (1)
  • Selasphorus (34)
  • Stellula (6)
  • Thalurania (5)
  • Threnetes (1)
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