Bird eggs from the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago (NMAGTT)

Ariel Dalrymple; Alex Sansom; Mike Rutherford; Jennalee Ramnarine

doi:10.15468/39wm7g

Bird eggs from the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago (NMAGTT)

Citation

Dalrymple A, Sansom A, Rutherford M, Ramnarine J, Deacon A (2023). Bird eggs from the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago (NMAGTT). The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39wm7g accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

This dataset contains bird eggs from the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago. The collection is composed of 823 clutches of eggs identified to the level of either species or subspecies. In 2014, the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad & Tobago transferred their off-display natural history specimens to the UWIZM. As a result, these specimens are all stored in the Zoology Room of the UWIZM. The contents of each egg have been removed via a small hole, leaving the preserved and (in most cases) complete eggshell. Little is known about the origins of this collection, but it seems possible that many of the eggs were collected by Sir Charles Belcher & G. D. Smooker and connected to their 1936 publication "Birds of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago".

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Trinidad and Tobago

Sampling

Specimens were collected by hand, and were brought to the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago.

Quality Control

Specimen identifications were checked by UWIZM.

Method steps

1. Specimens in the collection were assessed for existing data (labels, notes on the shell, details in registers, etc) 2. Identifications were confirmed or made using a variety of literature sources (scientific papers, books, online resources) 3. Specimens were photographed and properly stored, then the data was uploaded to the UWIZM Past Perfect database.

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset consists of 102 species from 37 families belonging to the Phylum Chordata, Class Aves. Eggs were identified to species and subspecies level.

Alcedinidae
rank: family
Anatidae
rank: family
Anhingidae
rank: family
Apodidae
rank: family
Aramidae
rank: family
Caprimulgidae
rank: family
Cardinalidae
rank: family
Cathartidae
rank: family
Ciconiidae
rank: family
Coerebidae
rank: family
Columbidae
rank: family
Cotingidae
rank: family
Cuculidae
rank: family
Fregatidae
rank: family
Fringillidae
rank: family
Furnariidae
rank: family
Galbulidae
rank: family
Hirundinidae
rank: family
Icteridae
rank: family
Jacanidae
rank: family
Momotidae
rank: family
Pandionidae
rank: family
Parulidae
rank: family
Pelecanidae
rank: family
Picidae
rank: family
Pipridae
rank: family
Podicipedidae
rank: family
Psittacidae
rank: family
Rallidae
rank: family
Steatornithidae
rank: family
Strigidae
rank: family
Thamnophilidae
rank: family
Thraupidae
rank: family
Tinamidae
rank: family
Tyrannidae
rank: family
Tytonidae
rank: family
Accipitridae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Specimens are mostly from unknown locations. It is likely many are from Trinidad and Tobago, but only a few are confirmed.

Bibliographic Citations

Catalogue of Life. Accessed 7th June 2022. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/ -
Belcher, S. C., & Smooker, G. D. (1936). I.—Birds of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago. Ibis, 78(1), 1-35. - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1936.tb03645.x

Contacts

Ariel Dalrymple
originator
position: Database Assistant
The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
St. Augustine
TT
email: ariel_dalrymple@yahoo.com

Alex Sansom
originator
position: Ornithologist
Birds Caribbean
email: redshank.girl@googlemail.com

Mike Rutherford
originator
position: Curator of Zoology and Anatomy
The University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
Glasgow
GB
email: mike.rutherford@glasgow.ac.uk

Jennalee Ramnarine
originator
position: Museum Technician
The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum
St. Augustine
TT
email: jennalee.ramnarine@sta.uwi.edu

Amy Deacon
metadata author
position: Senior Lecturer in Zoology
The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
St. Augustine
TT
email: amy.deacon@sta.uwi.edu
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7739-2925

Ariel Dalrymple
metadata author
position: Database Assistant
The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
St. Augustine
TT
email: ariel_dalrymple@yahoo.com

Jennalee Ramnarine
metadata author
position: Museum Technician
The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum
St. Augustine
TT
email: jennalee.ramnarine@sta.uwi.edu

Lorraine Johnson
owner
position: Curator
National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago
Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Port of Spain
TT
email: lorraine.johnson@gov.tt

Amy Deacon
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Lecturer in Zoology
The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
St. Augustine
TT
email: amy.deacon@sta.uwi.edu
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7739-2925

Lorraine Johnson
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago
Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Port of Spain
TT
email: lorraine.johnson@gov.tt

Ariel Dalrymple
administrative point of contact
position: Database Assistant
The University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
St. Augustine
TT
email: ariel_dalrymple@yahoo.com

Alex Sansom
administrative point of contact
position: Ornithologist
Birds Caribbean
email: redshank.girl@googlemail.com