Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)

tissue

Toxorhamphus poliopterus (Sharpe, 1882)

Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Melanocharitidae > Toxorhamphus

Identification

Accepted Name	Toxorhamphus poliopterus (Sharpe, 1882)
Taxonomy	Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Melanocharitidae > Toxorhamphus
Name According to	The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in: Catalogue of Life
Original Name	Toxorhamphus poliopterus
Taxonomy Original Name	Melanocharitidae
Status Original Name	accepted species
Resolving State	resolved on species level

Country

Papua New Guinea (Oceania)

Locality

Memeku

Altitude

1200.0 m

Collector(s)

ZMUC Papua Exp. 2015

Collector's number

s.n.

Collection Date

2015-10-13

Collecting Source

not provided

Catalog Number

BIOTA-150400

Collection Code

Tissue collection

Institution Code

NHMD

Institution Full Name

Record Basis

MaterialSample

Sample Type

tissue

Establishment Means

not provided

Type

blood

DNA Bank of the Natural History Museum of Denmark
Description	The DNA bank of the ornithology collection at the Natural History Museum of Denmark holds currently a collection of 35000 avian DNA and tissue samples and is growing constantly. Its collection has global aims and its current strengths are Denmark, South America, East Africa, and Australasia.
Contacts
Administrative
Peter Hosner, peter.hosner@snm.ku.dk , University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 456, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Technical
Peter Hosner, Peter.hosner@snm.ku.dk , University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 465, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark