Collection, curation and the use of humidification to restore nest shape in a research museum bird nest collection

Table 1 ANWC nests used in humidification experiment

Species	ANWC registration number	Nest type	Nest materials
Melanocharis longicauda	N00325	Dome	Moss, plant fibre, fern hairs
Melidectes belfordi	N00324	Cup	Plant fibre, grass, stems, green moss, fern hairs
Microptilotis albonotata	N00334	Cup	Fine grasses, moss, animal hair, cobwebs, seed plumes
Microptilotis orientalis	N00304	Cup	Fine stems, cobwebs, moss, leaflets, seed down
Pachycephala soror	N00290	Cup	Rootlets, fine tendrils, ferns, leafy liverworts
Pycnopygius cinereus	N00323	Cup	Coarse grasses, leaves, cobweb, lichen, fine grass
Pycnopygius cinereus	N00333	Cup	Leaves, fibres, rootlets, fine grass stems
Rhipidura cockerelli	N00303	Cup	Fine grass, cobwebs
Symposiachrus axillaris	N00357	Cup	Fern stems, fine rootlets, green moss
Symposiachrus guttula	N00315	Cup	Green fern fibres, fern rootlets
Toxorhamphus poliopterus	N00299	Cup	Algae, cobwebs, cocoons, plant down

All nests were collected in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s and 70s, and were compressed during storage until the time of the experiment

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