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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank, Andy, for your quick reply!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yes, GBIF is definitely a good source. However, it is far from perfect and we are trying to cast a wide net. For example, it states the SMNH has 3637 preserved
specimens of birds when we actually have around 19000. Of course we will download GBIF data as well and cross reference it with other sources of information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley@ku.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2025 7:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amos Belmaker <belmakera@tauex.tau.ac.il>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu; Yael Piontkewitz-Lubin <yaelpion@tauex.tau.ac.il><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Request for information about specimens from Palestine/Israel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">I presume you have searched on GBIF? There appear to be over 5 million observation records and 8 thousand preserved specimens from Palestine/Israel -
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https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=PS&country=IL&taxon_key=212&occurrence_status=present</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
on behalf of Amos Belmaker <<a href="mailto:belmakera@tauex.tau.ac.il">belmakera@tauex.tau.ac.il</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 12, 2025 3:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Request for information about specimens from Palestine/Israel</span>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hi all, I hope this email finds you well.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We are trying to build a comprehensive database of bird specimens from our region (Palestine / Israel) in museums and private collections around the world. We are aware that, starting at the nineteenth
century and on, many nature researchers were active in the region, and many specimens were sent abroad. If you know about birds specimens from the Palestine / Israel region, in your institution or elsewhere, we will be very grateful if you could contact us,
so we can integrate this into our database. If you know of anyone else who might have relevant specimens and is not on this list we would appreciate it if you could send this notice along to them.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thank you very much,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr. Yael Piontkewitz (<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:yaelpion@tauex.tau.ac.il" id="OWA32b78317-3e24-9e0f-ae28-cbfd0402603b"><span style="color:#0563C1">yaelpion@tauex.tau.ac.il</span></a></span></u>)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr. Amos Belmaker (<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:belmakera@tauex.tau.ac.il" id="OWAd7e00bcc-39ff-52a4-9530-9a4187baa13a"><span style="color:#0563C1">belmakera@tauex.tau.ac.il</span></a></span></u>)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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