Controlled names derived from the AMNH Library catalog.
For use with uncontrolled names found in AMNH documentation.
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AMNH: Floor 3, Section 1.
[North Wing, Section 308 indicated for 1904. Hall number 3-F indicated in 1953 General Guide.]
The original Hall of North American Birds exhibited habitat groups and specimens arranged by classification. The habitat groups included Coot (Mud Hen) and Yellow-headed Blackbird, Cobb's Island Group, and Bird Rock Group, and sixteen groups in alcoves, which included Robin, Thrush, Vireo, Warbler, and Sparrow. Passenger pigeons were exhibited by the north entrance (2, 1904, p. 24-25). By 1911, habitat groups included Orizaba, Cobb's Island, Duck Hawk, Hackensack Meadow, Wild Turkey, Florida Great Heron, Water Turkey or "Snake-bird", Sandhill Crane, Brown Pelican, Snowy Heron or Egret, Turkey Vulture, California Condor, Brandt's Cormorant, San Joaquin Valley, Flamingo, Booby and Man-of-War, Florida Rookery, Golden's Eagle, Klamath Lake, Arctic Alpine Bird Life, Sage Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Grebe, Loon, and the first habitat group, Bird Rock (2, 1911, p, 57-64). By 1912, the hall consisted primarily of habitat groups (5, 1984, p. 31); in 1916 the Whistling Swan and Whooping Crane Groups were added, the Wild Goose Group in 1918, and the Bering Sea Group in 1931 (2, 1916, p. 83; 2, 1918, p. 75-77; 2, 1931, p. 94).
The hall was renovated as a part of the Museum's ten-year exhibit program to create and update halls from 1959-1969. Some groups were refurbished and others replaced with new ones. New dioramas added during the 1960-1964 renovation included Bald Eagle, Eastern Coastal Birds, Great Horned Owl, and Waterfowl of North America; Storks and Limpkins was added in 1974. Louis Agassiz Fuertes' background for the 1904 Flamingo Group found new life as a mural, and a new mural of the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits was added (4, 2006, p. 166-167; 2, 1962, p. 31-32).
Many of the birds represented in the Hall of North American Birds are endangered, threatened, or extinct, such as the extinct Labrador duck and the endangered California condor. Habitat groups current as of 2017 are below. For clarity, historic or previous names of the dioramas are seen in parentheses.
American Egret (previously Snowy Heron or Egret)
Anhinga or Snake-bird
Bald Eagle
Birds of the Rockies (previously Arctic-Alpine Bird-Life)
Boobies and Frigatebirds
Brandt's Cormorant
California Condor
Canada Goose (previously Wild Goose)
Common Loon(s)
Desert Birds
Eastern Coastal Birds
Eastern Marsh Birds (previously Hackensack Meadow)
Golden Eagle
Great Horned Owl
Labrador Duck
Peregrine Falcon (previously Duck Hawk)
Sandhill Crane
Upland Game Birds
Wading Bird Rookery (previously Florida or Cuthbert Rookery)
Waterfowl of North America
Western Marsh Birds
Whooping Crane
Wild Turkey
Wood Storks and Limpkins
Wood Warblers (without painted background)
The hall also contains cases of owl and hawk specimens and busts of Frank M. Chapman and Leonard C. Sanford (4, 2006, p. 166-167; 6).
Curator for hall during renovation (3, 1973/74, p. 21).
Curator, created hall (2, 1962, p. 31).
Diorama background artist (2, 1911, p. 57-64).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama taxidermist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama taxidermist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama background artist (2, 1931, p. 89).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Donor (6).
Diorama taxidermist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Donor (6).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Donor (6).
Diorama foreground artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Diorama foreground and background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama foreground artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama taxidermist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Donor (6).
Diorama taxidermist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Museum Trustee, ornithologist, hall named for him.
Diorama background artist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Diorama taxidermist (4, 2006, p. 166-167).
Donor (6).
Donor (6).
Museum President, donor (6).
Donor (6).
Curated digital images of permanent halls in the American Museum of Natural History Library, Digital Special Collections.