Open AccessLibyan birds. the remains of the italian ornithological collection in the Assaray Al-Hamra Museums of Tripoli, Libya
Author(s) -
Marco Masseti
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
rivista italiana di ornitologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2385-0833
pISSN - 0035-6875
DOI - 10.4081/rio.2011.70
Subject(s) - extant taxon , checklist , unrest , ancient history , mesopotamia , geography , range (aeronautics) , history , archaeology , engineering , political science , geology , biology , law , paleontology , aerospace engineering , evolutionary biology , politics
This paper deals with the surviving ornithological stuffed specimens from the former Libyan Museum of Natural History, set up in Tripoli in 1936, in the extant Assaray Al-hamra Museums. The aim of this note is to provide a checklist of the stuffed birds still on display in the cases, while taking the opportunity to furnish a range of additional information that augments our knowledge of the current Libyan ornithofauna and also documenting its past diffusion in the north-African state. All the data recorded were gathered prior to the civil unrest that broke out in Libya in February 2011.