Welcome to the Gustavus Bird Collection! The Gustavus Biology Department’s collection of live-mounted bird specimens includes members of 16 orders and 36 families. Additional live-mounted specimens are present in the collection, but have degraded to an extent where they are no longer useful as study specimens. In addition to the department’s live-mounted bird collection, its…

Available Species American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Available Families Charadriidae Laridae Scolopacidae

Available Species American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Available Families Ardeidae

Available Species Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

Available Species Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicas) Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

Available Families Odontophoridae Phasianidae

Available Species Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Available Families Phalacrocoracidae