UMMZ Birds Collection

Specimen Records: 211,063

Media Records: 0

iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2018-07-27

Through the efforts of University of Michigan faculty-curators and staff, the Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) develops and maintains excellent zoological collections explicitly for use in research and education benefiting science, society, and the university. The faculty staff and various graduate students of the Birds Division conduct research on the phylogenetic relationships, evolution and behavior of a wide variety of birds using museum collections, molecular techniques, and captive and field studies. The skins collection consists of approximately 176,000 specimens (6th largest in North America; about 2/3 of the species of the world), housed in 224 cases (133 double, 190 single, 1 triple), approximately 5000 sq. feet. In addition to study skins, the collection also includes other special preparations such as 1457 flat pelts and 636 spread wings and tails. The skin collection contains 317 holotypes and 3 lectotypes. These are not available for loan. An annotated list is available (UMMZ Misc. Publ. No. 174, R. W. Storer, 1988). A list and images of our types are available electronically. Extinct species are represented also. The skeletons collection represents approximately 23,800 specimens, 3,500 species (4th largest in the world in number of specimens, 2nd in number of species after the U.S. National Museum) stored in 60 cases, approximately 700 sq. feet. The only families missing are: Mesoenatidae, Rhynochetidae, Dromadidae, Leptosomatidae, Oxyrunchidae, Acanthisittidae, Atrichornithidae, Hyposittidae, and Callaeidae. About 1/2 of the skeleton specimens are from the United States. Other geographic areas for which we have larger collections include: Argentina (830), Australia (485), Canada (435), Costa Rica (1000), Egypt (1000), Ghana (490), Mexico (650), New Caledonia (140), Paraguay (1160), Philippines (340), Surinam (370), and Tanzania (340). Additional collections include: Eggs and nests: 4,600 egg sets and 573 nests in 26 cases. Fluid collection: 4,250 specimens (18th largest in the world), 464 linear feet of shelving and 27 linear feet of floor space for tanks. Also available are 1100 fluid preserved syrinxes. Frozen tissues: Samples from about 4,800 individuals stored in an ultra-cold freezer.

Contacts

Name	Janet Hinshaw
Role	Collection Manager
Email	jhinshaw@umich.edu

Name	Janet Hinshaw
Role	Collection Manager
Email	jhinshaw@umich.edu

Name	Laura Russell
Role	VertNet Programmer
Email	larussell@vertnet.org

Name	David Bloom
Role	VertNet Coordinator
Email	dbloom@vertnet.org

Name	John Wieczorek
Role	Information Architect
Email	tuco@berkeley.edu

Name	John Torgersen
Role	Database Administrator
Email	jtorg@umich.edu

Name	Janet Hinshaw
Role	Collection Manager
Email	jhinshaw@umich.edu

Data Corrected
Data Use
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This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.

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Month of	Search	Download	Seen	Records Viewed
01 / 2015	56,315,491	229,795	417	2,130
02 / 2015	158,227,984	416,910	639	947
03 / 2015	81,243,362	422,772	178	1,284
05 / 2015	231,492,414	0	397	6,942
06 / 2015	823,894,219	257,558	2,505	14,965
07 / 2015	2,317,604,299	215,834	1,024,506	9,140
08 / 2015	723,669,047	844,866	2,070	17,260
09 / 2015	3,097,595,477	215,614	2,161,592	28,670
10 / 2015	2,157,298,308	134,394	991,249	23,431
11 / 2015	614,117,275	79	3,803	56,603
12 / 2015	3,569,025,061	2,539	1,983,452	10,570
01 / 2016	774,434,787	59,609	3,187	17,705
02 / 2016	2,478,398,987	24	1,044,386	18,691
03 / 2016	771,164,703	1,261	2,981	36,646
04 / 2016	879,285,709	255	6,184	9,758
05 / 2016	859,578,634	845	9,107	11,837
06 / 2016	1,049,447,771	43,793	94,242	25,679
07 / 2016	5,116,485,820	199	66,352	106,855
08 / 2016	1,226,172,909	290,072	4,437	8,058
09 / 2016	2,390,899,651	15,697	104,361	6,098
10 / 2016	2,489,464,300	75,957	116,505	15,614
11 / 2016	2,930,129,280	5,074	41,250	32,665
12 / 2016	2,300,010,374	53,300	4,007	41,775
01 / 2017	2,408,601,039	16,467	8,747	32,342
02 / 2017	297,644,047	188,550	1,056	3,887
03 / 2017	2,986,098,535	190,790	8,115	39,366
04 / 2017	2,688,454,488	2,240	7,059	35,479
05 / 2017	2,566,596,487	2,474	18,076	38,219
06 / 2017	2,415,959,220	1	6,721	18,664
07 / 2017	2,425,999,117	151	3,098	17,464
08 / 2017	18,986,315,830	1,395	5,014	7,058
12 / 2017	1,642,441,073	36	993	13,832
01 / 2018	3,102,711,391	547	33,863	18,197
02 / 2018	2,905,687,088	9,982	62,798	15,754
03 / 2018	2,930,653,121	2,008	18,151	21,037
04 / 2018	2,362,331,437	824	5,366	17,061
05 / 2018	2,377,178,783	28,565	11,720	11,328
06 / 2018	2,743,939,473	586	5,269	17,122
07 / 2018	2,317,773,851	614	8,446	14,571
08 / 2018	2,395,501,693	11	2,059	16,195
09 / 2018	2,477,471,454	1,456	4,290	13,293
10 / 2018	2,563,948,882	329,174	10,207	15,591
11 / 2018	2,909,578,924	2,023	276,807	11,829
12 / 2018	809,489,456	5,061	14,806	4,608

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Recordset

UMMZ Birds Collection

Contacts