Preservation Type
Sample Tanned, Sample Skeletonized, Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Description
The museum's ornithological collection is one of the most important in Italy and in Europe, with representatives of all the orders and almost all the families. Many specimens are mounted on pedestals, but most consist of "study skins". Until a few decades ago, the number of naturalized birds was much higher but the space necessary to house them without damage to the plumage was not sufficient; hence, museum staff began the work of dismounting them from the pedestals and trasforming them into study skins. Some of the birds in the collection date to the end of the eighteenth century. In addition to being an interesting historical datum, this information is very important as documentation of the species known at that time and as indication of the ancient preservation techniques.
Purposes
This is a sub-collection of https://registry.gbif.org/collection/7856d07e-2e9b-4b56-a524-c2e1b830e40a. Published catalog: Poggesi & Buracchi 1991. Information updated after internal University of Florence Museal System (UNIFI-SMA) digitization dashboard, compiled in October 2021.
