The PUCV ornithological collection

This database gathers 952 bird specimens deposited in the Zoological Collection of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) in Chile. This zoological collection was gathered by many scientists in the early XX Century, and those specimens were preserved thanks to the fine work of the Italian taxidermist José Carpeneto, who worked at the PUCV for many years. This collection is currently deposited in the Curauma campus of the PUCV, and part of it is on permanent exhibition for outreach purposes. This digitization effort is part of the PUCV to mobilize its biological collections and make them freely available through GBIF, encouraging national and international researchers to generate new knowledge based on this invaluable heritage, which is a silent witness of the vast plant diversity that once existed in Chile and that is now vanishing due to anthropogenic drivers.

本数据库汇聚了952份鸟类标本，这些标本存放在智利庞蒂菲卡天主教瓦尔德帕莱索大学（PUCV）的动物学收藏馆中。该动物学收藏馆的藏品由多位科学家在20世纪初收集而成，这些标本得以保存，得益于意大利动物标本制作师何塞·卡彭涅托（José Carpeneto）在PUCV多年的精湛工作。目前，该收藏馆位于PUCV的库拉乌马校区，其中一部分标本因科普目的而永久展出。此次数字化工作旨在响应PUCV动员其生物收藏馆的号召，并使其通过全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）免费开放，鼓励国内外研究者基于这一无价遗产产生新的知识，这些遗产无声地见证了曾经存在于智利的丰富植物多样性，而如今正因人为因素而逐渐消失。