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LSUMZ Birds Collection

Specimen Records: 207,416
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2021-12-17

The collection of approximately 200,000 cataloged voucher specimens includes about 160,000 skins, 22,000 complete skeletons, and 8,000 fluid-preserved specimens, as well as 2,000 spread wings, 20,000 stomach-content samples and thousands of tape-recordings of bird vocalizations. Holdings from Peru, Bolivia, the West Indies, and the Southeastern United States are the largest in the world. The collection is among the 5-10 largest in the world from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, and Argentina. There are also substantial holdings from the western USA, Brazil, Africa, Kuwait, and Borneo. The vast majority of specimens were collected since 1950 and, therefore, relatively data-rich; a high percentage of specimens collected since 1980 have associated tissue samples. For information about how to obtain a loan see: https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ornithology.php

Contacts

Name Steven Cardiff
RoleCollections Manager
Emailscardif@lsu.edu
Name Nicholas Mason
RoleCurator of Birds
Emailmason@lsu.edu
Name Steven Cardiff
RoleCollections Manager
Emailscardif@lsu.edu
Name Nicholas Mason
RoleCurator of Birds
Emailmason@lsu.edu
Name Donna Dittman
RoleCollections Manager
Emailddittma@lsu.edu
Name David Bloom
Rolenone
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
Rolenone
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Nicholas Mason
RoleCurator of Birds
Emailmason@lsu.edu
Name Steven Cardiff
RoleCollections Manager
Emailscardif@lsu.edu
Name Nicholas Mason
RoleCurator of Birds
Emailmason@lsu.edu
  • Data Corrected
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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.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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98.646
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98.646
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98.646
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98.646
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98.646
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98.646
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98.646
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97.087
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96.95
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96.885
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95.672
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85.104
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47.545
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43.977
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34.333
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20.239
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4.507
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4.052
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3.85
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3.151
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2.306
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0.998
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0.776
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0.574
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0.519
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0.14
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0.14
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0.121
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0.088
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0.088
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0.088
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0.028
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0.018
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0.018
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0.018
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0.009
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0.006
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0.005
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i7
0.003
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i2
0.001
datecollected_bounds  i1
0
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i1
0
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