AOU Committee on Bird Collections

Avian Collection Summaries

General Surveys and Holdings:

• AVECOL list of museum research collections
• BIRDNET list of museum research collections
• Inventory of major European bird collections (PDF)
• ORNIS distributed data network
• World Inventory of avian skeletal and spirit specimens (PDF)

Tissue Collections

• A global snapshot of avian tissue collections (Excel File)
• Avian Tissue Collection Survey