Vertebrate Collection/birds

Welcome to the �鶹��Ƶ Bird Collection!

The �鶹��Ƶ Biology Department's collection of live-mounted bird specimens is comprised of 16 orders of birds representing 36 families. Additional live-mounted specimens are present in the collection, but have degraded to an extent where they are no longer useful as study specimens. In addition to the department's live-mounted bird collection, its assemblage of study skins representing a wide variety of bird species and families provide additional diversity in the collection. Both the live-mounts and study skins are primarily used as teaching instruments for studies such as Vertebrate Zoology. Information on where and when individual specimens were collected is not present for most of the collection. As such, most of the specimens in the collection are not useful for studies in ecology or evolution, but can be used by students or faculty interested in other studies, such as Comparative Anatomy.

The collection includes a wide variety of dabbling and diving ducks from the family Anatidae, including the green-winged teal, common and hooded merganser, wood duck, and ring-necked duck. Also well represented are specimens from the family Phasianidae, including the ring-necked pheasant, gray partridge, greater prairie chicken, and ruffed grouse. In addition, the collection includes a variety of species from the family Icteridae, including the common grackle, red-winged blackbird, and eastern meadowlark.

Only the live-mounted bird specimens of reasonable quality are shown here. Study skins have been excluded. Within each order specimens are sorted first by family and then alphabetically by scientific name. Information on the common name, scientific name, class, order, family, number of specimens present, and, when available, the date the specimen was prepared are provided for each species. Additionally, each specimen has a link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website in order to provide a greater breadth of information for each specimen.

For more information about the �鶹��Ƶ Biology Bird Collection, please contact Dr. Joel Carlin (jcarlin@gustavus.edu), Mr. Eric Elias(eelias@gustavus.edu), or Dr. Jon Grinnell (grinnell@gustavus.edu).

Available Orders

[Accipitriformes]

[Anseriformes]

[Apodiformes]

[Charadriiformes]

[Columbiformes]

[Coraciiformes]

[Cuculiformes]

[Galliformes]

[Gaviiformes]

[Gruiformes]

[Passeriformes]

[Pelecaniformes]

[Piciformes]

[Podicipediformes]

[Strigiformes]

[Suliformes]