Axel W. Erikssons Egg Collection at Vänersborg Museum

Occurrence
Latest version published by Vänersborgs Museum on Sept 22, 2026 Vänersborgs Museum
Publication date:
22 September 2026
Published by:
Vänersborgs Museum
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

A collection of eggs from Southwest Africa. The collection comprises specimens from 96 bird species and one crocodile egg, and includes various descriptions of eggs, nests, and nesting sites. It was assembled between 1876 and 1887 by Axel Wilhelm Eriksson (1846–1901)—a resident of Vänersborg and a renowned ornithologist—who also donated the Vänersborg Museum’s extensive collection of Southwest African birds, bird eggs, mammals, insects, and ethnographic artifacts.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 99 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
99
Multimedia 
97

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Öberg A (2026). Axel W. Erikssons Egg Collection at Vänersborg Museum. Version 1.1. Vänersborgs Museum. Occurrence dataset. https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=vm-awe-eggs&v=1.1

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vänersborgs Museum. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 09697a95-0e48-4425-8adb-543da42dfd9e.  Vänersborgs Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Sweden.

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Occurrence

Contacts

Ann-Charlott Öberg
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Kulturlagret - Vänersborgs museum
Vänersborg
SE

Geographic Coverage

Southwest Africa, which is now Namibia, Angola, Botzwana and South Africa.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves, Reptilia
Order Crocodylia, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Strigiformes

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1876-01-18 / 1887-12-18

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 09697a95-0e48-4425-8adb-543da42dfd9e
https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=vm-awe-eggs