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Ornithology (CAS-ORN)

Contacts: Moe Flannery, mflannery@calacademy.org
Homepage: http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/ornithology-mammalogy
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 December 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Holder: California Academy of Sciences
Address:
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr.
San Francisco, CA   94118
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 99,584 specimen records
  • 66,908 (67%) georeferenced
  • 91,749 (92%) identified to species
  • 167 families
  • 1,164 genera
  • 2,462 species
  • 4,725 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aix (62)
  • Alopochen (5)
  • Anas (1659)
  • Anser (220)
  • Aythya (341)
  • Biziura (1)
  • Branta (324)
  • Bucephala (217)
  • Cairina (3)
  • Callonetta (2)
  • Cereopsis (5)
  • Chen (333)
  • Chenonetta (4)
  • Chloephaga (17)
  • Clangula (48)
  • Coscoroba (1)
  • Cygnus (76)
  • Dendrocygna (88)
  • Histrionicus (5)
  • Lophodytes (27)
  • Melanitta (250)
  • Mergellus (5)
  • Mergus (130)
  • Neochen (1)
  • Nesochen (4)
  • Netta (4)
  • Nettapus (4)
  • Oxyura (141)
  • Plectropterus (2)
  • Polysticta (22)
  • Sarkidiornis (4)
  • Somateria (69)
  • Tadorna (19)
  • Thalassornis (4)