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Arizona State University Ornithology Collection (ASU-ASUORC)

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The Ornithology Collection at the ASU Natural History Collections contains approximately 2,000 specimens representing more than 300 species, with a geographic concentration in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. To date, approximately half of the collection has been digitized and is accessible in the portal. Please note: when searching our collection, all catalog numbers follow the format ASUORC######.

Homepage
ASU Vertebrate Tissue Collection
Specimen Loan and Collection Use Request Form

Contacts:

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/5f9cac91-3b5d-41df-8200-883a68aa2a17

Address:

Arizona State University
Natural History Collections
734 W Alameda Drive
Tempe, Arizona   85282
USA

Collection Statistics

  • 1,479 specimen records
  • 155 (10%) georeferenced
  • 1,364 (92%) identified to species
  • 79 families
  • 285 genera
  • 467 species
  • 483 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Modified: 3 October 2025
Global Unique Identifier: 87196e60-6000-4e05-989f-c2a90b78f9f9
DwC-Archive Access Point
Digital Metadata: EML File
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