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MCZ Ornithology 105685

Turdus fuscater cacozelus

Holotype of Merula gigas cacozela

Date Collected:

1898-06-21

South America: Colombia: La Guajira | Macotama

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Oscines Muscicapidae Turdinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Oscines Muscicapidae Turdinae
Determiner: Outram Bangs in 1898
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Bangs 1898 Description: Birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia;

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Shows Publication: Bangs 1898 Description: Birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: toe pad; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-05-04
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2023-04-27   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration 2010-12-12
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-05-04

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Colombia
  • State/Province:
  • La Guajira
  • Specific Locality:
  • Macotama
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • South America, Colombia, Santa Marta Mountains, Macotama
  • Elevation:
  • 8000 ft
  • Georeference:
  • 10.9162950°, -73.500088° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Katherine Eldridge on 2022-01-28 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1898-06-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 21/6/1898
  • Collector:
  • Wilmot W. Brown, Jr.linked data icon

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Media type: text; Ornithology 105651;  105652;  105653;  105654;  105655;  105656;  105658;  105659;  105660;  105661;  105663;  105664;  105666;  105668;  105670;  105671;  105672;  105673;  105674;  105676;  105677;  105678;  105679;  105680;  105681;  105682;  105683;  105684;  105685;  105686;  105687;  105689;  105690;  105691;  105692;  105693;  105694;  105695;  105696;  105697;  105698;  105699;  105700 Description: MCZ Ornithology E.A. and O. Bangs Collection 100001-112500, pg.114;

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Ledger Entry for: 43 cataloged items from MCZ:Orn:105651 Anisognathus lacrymosus melanoge...

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