Ercole Turati's ornithological collection, donated in 1884 to the Natural History Museum in Milan, included more than 20,000 specimens. The Picidae were well represented in the collection and included Alfred Malherbe's woodpeckers (1200 specimens acquired in 1860), at the time one of the most important collections of this family in the World. In 1943, after an air-raid, Turati's collection was reduced to less than 1,700 specimens, of which woodpeckers still represent an important part (230 specimens).

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/3127f101-287a-46a2-8ef7-e4bc77ad2e30
Citation: Chiozzi G, Vinci C (2026). Raccolta Ornitologica Ercole Turati - Picidae di Alfred Malherbe | Ercole Turati's Ornithological Collection - Alfred Malherbe's Picidae. Version 1.1. Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sistema Museale di Ateneo. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tf9yev accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-08.