Occurrence

Royal Saskatchewan Museum - Ornithology Collection

Latest version published by Royal Saskatchewan Museum on 25 January 2024 Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Publication date:
25 January 2024
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The Ornithology collection consists of 9,900 skins, mounts, skeletons, and tissue samples. 87% of the specimens are from Saskatchewan.

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 10,191 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:

Frier D (2024). Royal Saskatchewan Museum - Ornithology Collection. Version 1.6. Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.5886/moouxd

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Royal Saskatchewan Museum. 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: d99823ca-d779-40ab-be33-955a99216e4e.  Royal Saskatchewan Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Danae Frier
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Curatorial Assistant - Vertebrate Zoology
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
2340 Albert St
S4P 2V7 Regina
Saskatchewan
CA
3067874852
Ryan Fisher
  • Point Of Contact
Curator - Vertebrate Zoology
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
2340 Albert St
S4P 2V7 Regina
Saskatchewan
CA
3065195554

Geographic Coverage

This collection contains specimens primarily from Saskatchewan, Canada, with occasional representation from other parts of Canada or North America.

Bounding Coordinates South West [15.284, -142.031], North East [71.525, -53.438]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class Aves

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1901-01-01 / 2019-01-01

Collection Data

Collection Name Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Collection Identifier RSKM
Parent Collection Identifier RSKM

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 10.5886/moouxd
d99823ca-d779-40ab-be33-955a99216e4e
https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=rskm-ornithology