Description
The bird collection of the Museum of Zoology in Strasbourg comprises close to 18,000 specimens of which the vast majority are mounted animals. It also includes many skins, osteological parts and egg ensembles and encompasses more than 30% of extant species. The geographical origins are worldwide with some regions better represented than others corresponding to specific collectors or to the colonial territories of the successive French or German administrations. The majority of the material dates back to the period between 1800 and 1918, and it includes some specimens of rare or extinct species, but no types. Numerous collectors have contributed to the collection, among whom were prominent ornithologists (such as Adolf Nehrkorn, John Gould, Alfred Brehm, Nicolas Saucerotte, Adolphe Boucard, Wilhelm von Hinüber), local naturalists (for example Georg Wilhelm Schimper with his birds from northeastern Africa, Albert Wehrung and his european egg collection) and also Natural History agencies such as Gustav Schneider in Basel and the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 17,529 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Free according to the standards of scientific publications Users should cite the Zoological Collections of the City of Strasbourg
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Musée Zoologique de la Ville de Strasbourg. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 868ad223-8e90-45e7-ba2c-c69751663ab1. Musée Zoologique de la Ville de Strasbourg publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.
Keywords
Occurrence; Occurrence
Contacts
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- Musée Zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg Ville et Eurométropole de Strasbourg Direction de la Culture · Service des Musées. 1 parc de l'Étoile
- (33) 390 24 04 97
- Originator
- Assistant Curator
- Musée Zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg Ville et Eurométropole de Strasbourg Direction de la Culture · Service des Musées. 1 parc de l'Étoile
- +33 (0)3 68 85 04 92
- Metadata Provider
- Curator
- Musée Zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg Ville et Eurométropole de Strasbourg Direction de la Culture · Service des Musées. 1 parc de l'Étoile
- +33(0)368850484
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- Musée Zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg Ville et Eurométropole de Strasbourg Direction de la Culture · Service des Musées. 1 parc de l'Étoile
- +33(0)368850497
- Point Of Contact
- Collection manager
- Musée Zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg Ville et Eurométropole de Strasbourg Direction de la Culture · Service des Musées. 1 parc de l'Étoile
- +33(0)368850493
- Distributor
- IT support
- GBIF France - MNHN Géologie CP48, 43 rue Buffon
- 140798065
Geographic Coverage
wordlwide fauna
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 868ad223-8e90-45e7-ba2c-c69751663ab1 |
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| https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=aves_mzs |