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The Royal British Columbia Museum is an active member of an international community of cultural institutions, and has been British Columbia's provincial museum since 1886. We collect and preserve artefacts, documents, and specimens of BC's natural history and human history, to share knowledge, promote research, and inspire curiosity and wonder.
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The Royal British Columbia Museum collection includes 128 hummingbird study skins, 4 taxidermy mounts, 35 skeletons, 6 nests, and 11 egg clutches or single eggs. Because the Museum does not actively collect hummingbirds, the research collection documents where hummingbirds come into contact with humans, not where birds naturally reside in the province.
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 Silent jewels: close-up of a few Rufous Hummingbirds in the RBCM collection. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 75.77 kb) |
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 A combination of Rufous Hummingbird specimens: 1) standard study skins, 2) isolated wings, and 3) standard specimens with wings outstretched. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 119.23 kb) |
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 A full tray of Rufous Hummingbird specimens, some dating back to 1912. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 290.41 kb) |
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 A male Rufous Hummingbird (RBCM 18022) in profile, but at a more acute angle, showing the intense red throat. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 40.90 kb) |
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 A female Rufous Hummingbird (RBCM 2965) in side view. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 41.88 kb) |
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 A male Calliope Hummingbird (RBCM 11541) in right side view. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 43.85 kb) |
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 A female Calliope Hummingbird (RBCM 11547) in left side view. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 49.20 kb) |
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 A male Black-chinned Hummingbird (RBCM 11540) viewed at an acute angle to show the black and violet throat plumage. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 38.76 kb) |
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 A female Black-chinned Hummingbird (RBCM 11553) in left side view. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 48.08 kb) |
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 A male Anna's Hummingbird (RBCM 18144) with the left side viewed at an acute angle to show throat colouration. Credit: Gavin Hanke, Ph.D.(Size: 51.28 kb) |
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