Ornithology Collection Passeriformes - Royal Ontario Museum

Specimen Records: 108,856

Media Records: 0

iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2018-04-12

The collection is extremely strong in diversity of island species throughout the world. Also the collection contains significant historical collections of importance: James Henry Fleming, James A. Munro, Hoyes Lloyd, part of the Haverschmidt collection from the Guyanas, R. G. Lanning, H.B. Haugh collection of birds eggs from Southern Ontario. The Fleming collection, once considered the most comprehensive private collection of birds in North America, contains many unique collections from Africa, Europe, India, China, and Island Archipelagos of the world. Representative collections of the magnificent Birds of Paradise (Passeriformes; Paradisaeidae) and Bower Birds (Passeriformes; Ptilonorhynchidae) (from the Fleming Collection) has been described as within the top 10 in world by researchers. Sub-collections of the J.H. Fleming, J.A. Munro collections are considered historically significant to the Ornithological community. Other significant collections are The New World Sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae); the North American Wood Warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae); Shorebirds, Gulls and Auks (Charadriiformes) and the Chicken-like birds (Galliformes) of North America, New World Vireos and Allies (Passeriformes: Vireonidae). The study skin collection contains one of the largest collections in the world of extinct birds including 132 Passenger Pigeon specimens (skins) and New Zealand Huias famed for their sexually dimorphic bills. 1 specimen of the extinct Labrador Duck (1 of 54 mounted skins in world). 1 specimen of the extinct Great Auk (1 of 78 mounted skins in world), miscellaneous skeletal parts of Great Auk specimens, 14 specimens of the extinct Carolina Parakeet and many other species. The skin collection contains historically significant holdings of the highly endangered Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Passeriformes: Fringillidae Drepanididae) from the Fleming collection, 1840s through to 1913, and the famous Darwin’s finches. The frozen tissue collection contains the largest collection of blood and DNA from endangered kiwi populations in New Zealand, as well as bone shavings and DNA from the 14 extinct species of giant moas. Extensive series of New World Owls. Extensive series of New World Flycatchers. Large series of New World Sparrows.

Contacts

Name	Bradley Millen
Role	Database Technician
Email	bradm@rom.on.ca

Name	Bradley Millen
Role	Database Technician
Email	bradm@rom.on.ca

Name	Bradley Millen
Role	Database Technician
Email	bradm@rom.on.ca

Name	Mark Peck
Role	Collections Technician
Email	markp@rom.on.ca

Name	Oliver Haddrath
Role	Technician
Email	oliverh@rom.on.ca

Name	Santiago Claramunt
Role	Associate Curator
Email	sclaramunt@rom.on.ca

Name	Mark Peck
Role	Collections Technician
Email	markp@rom.on.ca

Name	Santiago Claramunt
Role	Associate Curator
Email	sclaramunt@rom.on.ca

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.

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Month of	Search	Download	Seen	Records Viewed
05 / 2022	1,366,826,864	168,225	802	0
06 / 2022	1,390,011,975	96	1,747	2
07 / 2022	1,435,568,390	224,338	747	1
08 / 2022	1,407,238,878	218,234	1,086	0
09 / 2022	1,527,104,311	110,668	5,167	0
10 / 2022	1,886,990,224	656,682	1,563	0
11 / 2022	1,729,845,797	1,212,515	466	0
12 / 2022	1,357,335,802	218,552	785	3
01 / 2023	1,307,718,040	220,852	1,831	8
02 / 2023	12,703,211	473	11	0
03 / 2023	720,023,222	446	518	5
04 / 2023	1,762,115,969	109,802	4,336	4
05 / 2023	1,395,302,952	133,762	5,307	0
06 / 2023	1,446,028,460	109,042	3,602	0
07 / 2023	1,382,848,329	443,441	37,579	0
08 / 2023	1,305,373,787	2,444	886	0
09 / 2023	1,693,713,434	290,597	1,219	1
10 / 2023	2,201,402,331	4,020,351	4,895	1
11 / 2023	1,946,172,926	469,118	1,454	1
12 / 2023	1,562,574,974	6,374	57,491	0
01 / 2024	2,575,942,038	43,452	1,790	1
02 / 2024	3,792,077,368	881,234	3,207	0
03 / 2024	3,847,528,950	15,869,713	2,199	1
04 / 2024	4,894,203,924	3,273,211	1,341	5
05 / 2024	20,159,780,944	11,789,772	1,926	11
06 / 2024	7,529,820,815	1,556,655	1,646	1
07 / 2024	4,344,442,488	3,565,358	2,903	2
08 / 2024	9,202,258,983	3,820,205	5,316	0
09 / 2024	8,224,316,033	230,687	8,204	0
10 / 2024	6,073,528,614	12,853,960	2,544	0
11 / 2024	7,515,142,197	1,223,953	2,772	3
12 / 2024	3,506,037,357	4,793	1,393	5
01 / 2025	11,270,256,693	116	2,093	0
02 / 2025	6,380,858,400	335,360	6,006	9
03 / 2025	4,203,945,751	4,068,573	41,115	3
04 / 2025	5,544,014,438	2,441,366	2,056	0
05 / 2025	3,477,873,635	5,512	18,483	2

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Recordset

Ornithology Collection Passeriformes - Royal Ontario Museum

Contacts