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South African birds in a Canadian museum: the legacy of colonial service by Lionel E Taylor

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Received 30 Aug 2023, Accepted 19 Feb 2024, Published online: 24 Apr 2024
 

Abstract

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, holds a collection of 498 specimens of 275 bird species presented by Lionel E Taylor, who worked in South Africa for the Department of Forestry from 1902 to 1911. Most specimens are in very good condition, and many have date and locality information; about one-third were collected around Irene, outside Pretoria, in Gauteng province, where Taylor lived before relocating to Canada. Full details can be accessed from the museum’s website. The history and composition of this collection is described here briefly.

Oiseaux sud-africains dans un musée canadien: un héritage du colonialisme

Le Beaty Biodiversity Museum de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, Canada, possède une collection de 498 spécimens de 275 espèces d’oiseaux présentés par Lionel E Taylor, qui a travaillé en Afrique du Sud pour le ministère des Forêts de 1902 à 1911. La plupart des spécimens sont en très bon état, beaucoup avec des informations sur la date et la localité; environ un tiers a été collecté autour d’Irene, Pretoria, où Taylor vivait. Tous les détails peuvent être consultés sur le site web du musée. L’histoire et la composition de cette collection sont brièvement décrites.

Data availability

A list of specimens collected by Lionel E Taylor can be found on the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver, Canada, website (https://collections.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/specimen/search?datasetKey=ba0c046d-52bb-4262-a495-652988c9f3f7&recordedBy=lionel%20edward%20taylor), as well as in the supplementary material to this note.

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