Bird
Collection: This could be considered as the best organized and catalogued
collection mostly by Van Dyck, some dating back to the last century.
|
Group
|
No. of species |
Approx.Total No.
of specimens |
|
Anseriformes |
6 |
18 |
|
Apodiformes |
2 |
12 |
|
Caprimulgiformes |
1 |
7 |
|
Charadriiformes |
28 |
140 |
|
Ciconiiformes |
11 |
55 |
|
Columbiformes |
9 |
51 |
|
Coraciiformes |
8 |
63 |
|
Cuculiformes |
2 |
10 |
|
Falconiformes |
29 |
124 |
|
Galliformes |
5 |
44 |
|
Gruiformes |
8 |
29 |
|
Passeriformes |
145? |
800 |
|
Pelecaniformes |
2 |
6 |
|
Piciformes |
3 |
20 |
|
Procellariiformes |
2 |
9 |
|
Strigiformes |
7 |
31 |
|
Total |
268 |
1419 |
