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Burton Ostenson Museum Ornithology Collection (PLUNHM-PLUORN)

The Ornithology Collection at the PLU Burton Ostenson Museum contains over 1000 specimens representing more than 500 species collected primarily from the Pacific Northwest. Specimens are used by PLU faculty and students for teaching and research.
Contacts: Jacob Egge, eggejj@plu.edu
Homepage: https://www.plu.edu/biology/burton-ostenson-museum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: fcac819d-face-41e2-91b7-c480afd509af
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Pacific Lutheran University
Access Rights: not-for-profit use only
Collection Statistics
  • 1,072 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 869 (81%) identified to species
  • 53 families
  • 173 genera
  • 210 species
  • 275 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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