The Hummingbird Collection of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP), Portugal

Ricardo Jorge Lopes; Pedro Miguel Vieira Faria; Daniela Gomes; Bárbara Freitas; Judit Málinger

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e59913

The Hummingbird Collection of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP), Portugal

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Jul 23:9:e59913. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e59913. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ricardo Jorge Lopes^{1

2}, Pedro Miguel Vieira Faria³, Daniela Gomes³, Bárbara Freitas^{2

3}, Judit Málinger⁴

Affiliations

¹ MHNC-UP, Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal MHNC-UP, Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto Porto Portugal.
² CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus Agrário de Vairão Vairão Portugal.
³ FCUP, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal FCUP, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal.
⁴ University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary University of Pannonia Veszprem Hungary.

Abstract

Background: The Hummingbird (Family Trochilidae) Collection of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP) is one of the oldest collections of this family harboured in European museums. Almost 2,000 specimens, that encompass most of the taxonomic diversity of this family, were collected in the late 19^th Century. The collection is relevant due its antiquity and because all specimens were bought from the same provider, mainly as mounted specimens, for a Portuguese private collection of Neotropical fauna. In the early 20^th Century, it was donated to the Museum that is now the MHNC-UP.

New information: The information about the majority of these specimens is now available for consultation on the GBIF platform after curation of all specimens and digital cleaning of the associated metadata. In the process, hundreds of non-catalogued specimens were found and taxonomic and spatial information was updated for many of the specimens.

Keywords: Trochilidae; Hummingbirds; biodiversity information databases; museum; specimen.

Ricardo Jorge Lopes, Pedro Miguel Vieira Faria, Daniela Gomes, Bárbara Freitas, Judit Málinger.