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Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 439 Calle San Pablo Camarillo CA USA
- Telephone Number: +1-805-388-9944
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (WFVZ) is a charitable institution based in Camarillo, California, USA.It hosts a natural history collection specializing in eggs and nests of birds. The collections comprises 190,000 sets of bird eggs representing approximately 4,000 species; 18,000 nests; and 55,000 bird study skins. The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, is both a natural history collection specializing in eggs and nests of birds from around the world, and a research and education institution dedicated to bird conservation. The Foundations fundamental mission is to obtain, protect, and manage ornithological collections in a manner that ensures their accessibility to researchers, educators, students, and the public, and to ensure that the materials are used in projects that contribute to the conservation of the worlds wild bird species. The Western Foundation’s collections have contributed to multiple scientific fields (e.g., conservation, ecology, taxonomy, and toxicology). The Foundation’s egg sets have also figured prominently in studies of eggshell thinning due to contaminants (e.g., DDT and heavy metals). It publishes a journal, the Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology.Visitors can take guided tours of the collections on the on the last Friday of every month at 3 PM, except in May, November, and December, and should call ahead to placed on the waiting list. Group tours can also be arranged in advance.[1]
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