Three-dimensional surface scans of the beaks of specimens of Chaffinches and other passerine birds
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Thomas, G.H.; Varley, Z.K.; Hughes, E.C.; Guillerme, T.; Cooper, N.; Beckerman, A.P. (2024). Three-dimensional surface scans of the beaks of specimens of Chaffinches and other passerine birds . NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e53b2c4f-fc2e-47a9-b5b7-cc3a59f790ac
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https://doi.org/10.5285/e53b2c4f-fc2e-47a9-b5b7-cc3a59f790ac
The data consists of 3D surface scans of the beaks of 662 museum specimens of sixteen species (representing fifteen families of passerine birds: Fringillidae, Ploceidae, Passeridae, Viduidae, Thraupidae, Estrildidae, Artamidae, Cardinalidae, Sittidae, Prunellidae, Motacillidae, Emberizidae, Alaudidae, Cinclidae, Bombycillidae). Each species has scans from between 23 and 31 specimens with the exception of chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs), with scans from 230 specimens representing fourteen subspecies.
Publication date: 2024-04-04
View numbers valid from 04 April 2024 Download numbers valid from 20 June 2024 (information prior to this was not collected)
Format
Polygon File Format (.ply)
Provenance & quality
The data were generated using a MechScan Macro 3D structured white light scanner. All scans were taken at the Natural History Museum, Akeman Street, Tring. Scans were processed using FlexScan3D and output as ply format files. Linear measurement data (see metadata file) were collected using digital callipers and additional data transcribed from specimen labels.
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Thomas, G.H.; Varley, Z.K.; Hughes, E.C.; Guillerme, T.; Cooper, N.; Beckerman, A.P. (2024). Three-dimensional surface scans of the beaks of specimens of Chaffinches and other passerine birds . NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e53b2c4f-fc2e-47a9-b5b7-cc3a59f790ac
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-6051 Other contacts
Rights holders
University of Sheffield, Natural History Museum
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
Keywords
Alaudidae , Artamidae , Aves , bird , Bombycillidae , Cardinalidae , chaffinch , Cinclidae , Emberizidae , Estrildidae , Evolutionary ecology , Fringillidae , morphology , morphometrics , Motacillidae , Passeridae , Passeriformes , passerines , Ploceidae , Prunellidae , Sittidae , Thraupidae , Viduidae
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/T000139/1
Last updated
14 November 2024 14:10