Background The Hummingbird (Family Trochilidae) Collection of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP) is one of the oldest collections of this family harboured in European museums. Almost 2,000 specimens, that encompass most of the taxonomic diversity of this family, were collected in the late 19th Century. The collection is relevant due its antiquity and because all specimens were bought from the same provider, mainly as mounted specimens, for a Portuguese private collection of Neotropical fauna. In the early 20th Century, it was donated to the Museum that is now the MHNC-UP. New information The information about the majority of these specimens is now available for consultation on the GBIF platform after curation of all specimens and digital cleaning of the associated metadata. In the process, hundreds of non-catalogued specimens were found and taxonomic and spatial information was updated for many of the specimens.

中文翻译：

---

葡萄牙波尔图大学 (MHNC-UP) 自然历史与科学博物馆的蜂鸟收藏

背景 波尔图大学自然历史和科学博物馆 (MHNC-UP) 的蜂鸟 (Family Trochilidae) 收藏品是欧洲博物馆中收藏的该家族最古老的收藏品之一。19 世纪后期收集了近 2,000 个标本，涵盖了该科的大部分分类多样性。该系列具有相关性，因为它的年代久远，而且所有标本都是从同一供应商处购买的，主要是作为镶嵌标本，用于葡萄牙私人收藏的新热带动物群。在 20 世纪初，它被捐赠给了现在的 MHNC-UP 博物馆。新信息 在对所有标本进行管理和对相关元数据进行数字清理后，现在可以在 GBIF 平台上查阅有关这些标本中的大多数的信息。进行中，