This database also contains the data of Abiko City Museum of Birds.

Specimen number	82,310	[ Yamashina birds: 78685 | Yamashina mammals: 1442 | Abiko City Museum of Birds: 2183 ] (on 2024.3.15)
Family number	147	(76.6% of 192 families worldwide)
Genus number	1,372	(66% of 2,080 genera worldwide)
Species number	4,294	(47.6% of 9,025 species worldwide)

....News.....

2025.03.15: New specimen, CT, SEM and UV data has been registered. 303 specimens data has been updated.
2024.03.15: New specimen, CT, SEM and UV data has been registered.
2023.03.06: New specimen, CT, SEM and UV data has been registered.
2023.03.06: 69 data has been updated.
2023.03.06: 538 photos has been registered.
2022.02.28: New specimen, CT, SEM and UV data has been registered.
2022.02.28: 69 data has been updated.
2021.03.24.: New data of SEM images has been updated.
2021.03.07.: New data of Abiko City Museum of Birds has been updated.
2021.03.01.: New data has been updated.
2020.02.29: New data has been updated.
2019.02.26: New data has been updated.
2018.04.12: A correspondenc list between Yamashina (1986) and IOC World Bird List 3.2 has been uploaded by Excel file.
2018.03.20: New data has been updated.
2018.02.10: SSL (https) secured
2018.02.01: Newly 500 specimens were registered.
2017.03.30: Newly 704 specimens were registered.
2016.03.30: Newly 482 specimens were registered.
2015.03.30: Newly 453 specimens were registered.
2014.05.20: New 1471 data has been registered.
2014.03.26: The design has been renewed.
2014.03.26: New 545 data have been registered.
2011.10.16: 122 skeleton specimens were added to the database.
2011.02.05: 178 egg and nest specimens were added to the database.
2011.01.12: An English version was made accessible to the public.
2009.12.28: A database of 60,565 specimens compiled by the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology was published online.

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