Three-dimensional surface scans of the beaks of specimens of Chaffinches and other passerine birds
https://doi.org/10.5285/e53b2c4f-fc2e-47a9-b5b7-cc3a59f790ac
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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
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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
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Rights holder
University of Sheffield
Gavin.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk
Rights holder
Natural History Museum
Gavin.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk
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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