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Specimen Record

ContinentSouth America
CountryEcuador
State/ProvinceOrellana
County/ParishFrancisco De Orellana Canton
LocalityAvila Area
Latitude-0.637746
Longitude-77.435639
Institution CodeMlz
Collection CodeBird
Catalog NumberMlz:bird:7644
Collected ByCollector(s): Carlos Olalla
Date Collected1929-06-29

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MLZ Bird Collection (Arctos)
http://www.oxy.edu/moore-lab-zoology

The Moore Laboratory of Zoology is located at Occidental College. The bird collection houses over 64,000 ornithological specimens. It is the largest Mexican bird collection in the world. The vast majority of the specimens are study skins (60,677), but the MLZ also contains 1,364 skeletons and 536 sets of nests and eggs. Robert T. Moore and his wife Margaret founded the MLZ in 1950, moving Moore’s personal collection from his Pasadena home to the building at Occidental College. Prominent collectors aside from Moore include Chester C. Lamb (who worked as Moore’s primary collector for decades and collected over 40,000 of the MLZ’s specimens), the Olalla Brothers and Sons, Mario del Toro Aviles, C.F. Underwood, J.T. Wright, and W.W. Brown. The collection continues its growth today with the addition of species from the western U.S. and Mexico.

Contacts

Name John McCormack
RoleDirector/Curator
Emailmccormack@oxy.edu
Name John McCormack
RoleDirector/Curator
Emailmccormack@oxy.edu
Name Laura Russell
RoleVertNet Programmer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Dusty McDonald
RoleArctos Database Programmer
Emaildlmcdonald@alaska.edu
Name James Maley
RoleCollections Manager
Emailjmaley@oxy.edu
Name John McCormack
RoleDirector/Curator
Emailmccormack@oxy.edu
Name James Maley
RoleCollections Manager
Emailjmaley@oxy.edu
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Taxonomy
Scientific NamePithys albifrons
Higher ClassficationAnimalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae, Pithys,
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThamnophilidae
GenusPithys
Specific Epithetalbifrons
Taxon Rankspecies
Nomenclatural CodeICZN
Specimen
Identified ByCarlos Olalla
Previous Identifications[{"scientific_name":"Pithys albifrons","nature_of_id":"unknown","accepted_id_fg":1,"made_date":null,"short_citation":null,"publication_id":null,"identification_remarks":"Former nature_of_id: legacy.","idby":"Carlos Olalla","concept_label":null}]
Identification QualifierA
Identification RemarksFormer nature_of_id: legacy.
Catalog NumberMLZ:Bird:7644
Other Catalog NumbersMLZ: Moore Laboratory of Zoology=EC-H1960
Preparationsskin
Life Stageadult
Sexmale
Institution CodeMLZ
Collection CodeBird
Occurrence IDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/MLZ:Bird:7644?seid=899861
Basis of RecordPreservedSpecimen
Collection Event
Collected ByCollector(s): Carlos Olalla
Date Collected1929-06-29
Verbatim Date Collected29 JUN 1929
Year1929
Month06
Day29
End Day of Year180
Collection RemarksFAMILY PREVIOUSLY ID'D AS FORMICARIIDAE
Locality
CountryEcuador
State / ProvinceOrellana
CountyFrancisco de Orellana Canton
Higher GeographySouth America, Ecuador, Orellana, Francisco de Orellana Canton
ContinentSouth America
LocalityAvila area
Verbatim LocalityAVILA
Decimal Latitude-0.6377460000
Decimal Longitude-77.4356390000
Georeference ProtocolGeoLocate
Verbatim Coordinates-.637746/-77.435639
Location According ToFiona Gowen
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters6235
Geodetic DatumWorld Geodetic System 1984
Georeferenced ByFiona Gowen
Georeferenced Date2012-01-01 00:00:00
Other
Modified2022-06-19 03:40:00.020452
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dwc:identificationVerificationStatusunknown
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dcterms:accessRightshttp://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
dwc:establishmentMeanswild
dwc:collectionID54
dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatusunverified
dwc:dynamicPropertiessex=male;age class=adult
dwc:georeferenceSourcesGeoLocate
dcterms:licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
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dwc:eventTime1929-06-29
dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystemdecimal degrees
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