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Ornithology at a Glance

(Birds)

Established: 1873

Collection Strengths: 113,000 specimens

Current Research Strengths: Extensive program of avian inventories worldwide, with recent sampling trips to Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Fiji, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Palau, Guyana and Honduras. Expertise in molecular phylogenetic and phylogeography, niche modeling and biogeography, and pathogen surveillance in birds.

Curator in Charge: Robert Moyle
785.864.1870

Curator: A. Townsend Peterson
785.864.3926

Collection Manager: Mark Robbins
785.864.3657

Searching the collection

The ornithology collection may be browsed online via our DiGIR Portal and ORNIS. The data associated with all Ornithology specimens are freely available via http://vertnet.org.

Biodiversity Institute Research Divisions

• Archaeology
• ​Biodiversity Modeling
• Botany
• Entomology
• Herpetology
• Ichthyology
• Informatics
• Invertebrate Paleontology
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Mammalogy
• Ornithology
• Paleobotany
• Vertebrate Paleontology