Electronic inventory of European bird collections
Zoologische Staatssammlung (ZSM)
What is in the bird collection?
| Skins | 60000 |
| Egg sets | n/a |
| Skeletons | n/a |
| Mounts | n/a |
| Spirits | n/a |
| Nests | n/a |
| Other Items | n/a |
People
Current staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Diesener | ass | No |
| Josef H. Reichholf | head of bird department | No |
Important past bird staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| G. Diesselhorst | No | |
| F. Doflein | No | |
| C. Hellmayr | No | |
| A. Laubmann | No | |
| K. Parrot | No | |
| H. Sachtleben | No | |
| J. B. von Spix | No | |
| J. Wagler | No | |
| A. Wagner | No | |
| C. Zimmer | No | |
| E. Zugmayer | No |
Special collections
| Name | Country (from) |
|---|---|
| Exp. Filchner | Germany |
Collectors
Important collections from
- T. Andersen
- Canesi
- R. de Dalmas
- K. Deniger
- H. Dürck
- A. Fischer
- J. Gengler
- K. Haberer
- J. Haffer
- B. Hagen
- Haverschmidt
- Keerl
- S. M. Klages
- K. L. Koch
- H. Krieg
- H. Kuhl
- Kunkel
- A. Laubmann
- F. Leybold
- L. Martin
- G. Merzbacher
- K. Michahellis
- L. Müller
- J. Natterer
- O. Neumann
- Neunteufel
- M. W. Palmer
- Popp
- M. Prager
- G. Radde
- J. Riedel
- H. Schlagintweit
- A. Schlagintweit
- R. Schlagintweit
- R. Schlegel
- W. Schlüter
- Sommerfeld
- E. Stechow
- E. Stresemann
- J. H. C. F. Sturm
- J. W. Sturm
- O. Tauern
- J. C. van Hasselt
- G. von Almásy
- Therese von Bayern
- J. von Haast
- M. von Leuchtenberg
- J. von Seilern
- Ph. F. von Siebold
- R. von Thanner
- V. von Tschusi
- L. von Wiedenfeld
- H. Watkins
- C. Watkins
- H. Weigold
Zoologische Staatssammlung
Münchhausenstrasse 21, D-81247 München, Germany
- Email:
- ZSM@zsm.mwn.de
- Website:
- www.zsm.mwn.de/
- Tel:
- 49 89 81070
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Brief history
Founded in 1759 as private coll. of Kurfürst Maximilian III Joseph von Bayern, but real growth only after arrival of von Spix in 1807, and again, after a 60-year gap in bird activity, with C. E. Hellmayr in 1903; now belongs to the Bayern government
Updates
Please email us with any updates to this information and let us know if you’d like to supply a picture for your organisation.