Ornithology (CAS-ORN)

Contacts: Moe Flannery, mflannery@calacademy.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 December 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
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
  • Anous (277)
  • Catharacta (5)
  • Chlidonias (172)
  • Creagrus (119)
  • Gygis (31)
  • Larosterna (2)
  • Larus (1919)
  • Pagophila (2)
  • Procelsterna (5)
  • Rhodostethia (4)
  • Rissa (108)
  • Rynchops (8)
  • Stercorarius (4)
  • Sterna (823)
  • Xema (163)