Schmidt, Brian
Museum Specialist
0000-0003-3796-3110
Schmidt, Brian
Museum Specialist
Responsible for collection management activities, including database management, accessions, specimen preparation, cataloging, specimen installations, loans, information requests, and assisting visitors. Interests in field work, specimen preparation, collection databases, web design, and computer graphics. Serves as Chair of the museum's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
Positions
- Museum Specialist, Division of Birds , National Museum of Natural History 1995 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S. in Mathematics and Biology, University of Puget Sound 1987 - 1991
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Drovetski, Serguei V., Schmidt, Brian K., Lai, Jonas E., Gross, Michael S., Hladik, Michelle L., Matterson, Kenan O., and Karouna-Renier, Natalie. 2022. "Exposure to crop production alters cecal prokaryotic microbiota, inflates virulome and resistome in wild prairie grouse." Environmental Pollution, 306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119418. 2022
- Dove, Carla J., Whatton, James F., Saucier, Jacob R., Schmidt, Brian K., Gotte, Steve W., Klope, Matthew W., and Rayaleh, Houssein A. 2020. "Avian surveys near Camp Lemonnier and Day Forest, Djibouti, Africa." Check List, 16, (4) 1067–1084. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.1067. 2020
- Graves, Gary R., Matterson, Kenan O., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., O'Mahoney, Michael J. V., and Drovetski, Sergei V. 2020. "Does solar irradiation drive community assembly of vulture plumage microbiotas?" Animal Microbiome, 2, (1) 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-00043-7. 2020
- Drovetski, Sergei V., O'Mahoney, Michael J. V., Matterson, Kenan O., Schmidt, Brian K., and Graves, Gary R. 2019. "Distinct microbiotas of anatomical gut regions display idiosyncratic seasonal variation in an avian folivore." Animal Microbiome, 1, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-019-0002-6. 2019
- Glowska, Eliza, Romanowska, Kamila, Schmidt, Brian K., and Dabert, Miroslawa. 2018. "Combined description (morphology with DNA barcode data) of a new quill mite Torotrogla paenae n. sp. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) parasitising the Kalahari scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena (Smith) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) in Namibia." Systematic parasitology, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9815-z. 2018
- Graves, Gary R. and Schmidt, Brian K. 2015. "Distribution, Abundance, and Conservation Status of the Jamaican Crow, Corvus jamaicensis." Caribbean Naturalist, (27) 1–18. 2015
- Glowska, Eliza and Schmidt, Brian K. 2014. "New quill mites (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing the black-headed paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer (Passeriformes: Monarchidae) in Gabon." Zootaxa, 3786, (1) 57–64. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.1.3. 2014
- Glowska, Eliza and Schmidt, Brian K. 2014. "New taxa of the subfamily Picobiinae (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing antbirds and gnateaters (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Conopophagidae) in Guyana." Zootaxa, 3861, (2) 193–200. 2014
- Sanchez, Cesar, Saucier, Jacob R., Benham, Phred M., Lane, Daniel F., Gibbons, Richard E., Valqui, Thomas, Figeroa, Sheila A., Schmitt, C. J., Sanchez, Cynthia, Schmidt, Brian K., Milenski, Chris M., Garcia Bravo, Antonio, and Garcia Olaechea, Diego. 2012. "New and noteworthy Records from Northwestern Peru, Department of Tumbes." Boletín Informativo UNOP, 7, (2) 18–36. 2012
- Jehl, Joseph R., Day, K., and Schmidt, Brian K. 2012. "The spectacular (and hazardous) migration of Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) through southern Utah." North American Birds, 66 2–9. 2012
- Schindel, David E., Stoeckle, Mark, Milensky, Christopher M., Trizna, Michael, Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, Christina, and Graves, Gary R. 2011. "Project Description: DNA Barcodes of Bird Species in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA." ZooKeys, 152 87–91. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.152.2473. 2011
- Beadell, Jon S., Covas, Rita, Gebhard, Christina, Ishtiaq, Farah, Melo, Martim, Schmidt, Brian K., Perkins, Susan L., Graves, Gary R., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2009. "Host associations and evolutionary relationships of avian blood parasites from West Africa." International journal for parasitology, 39, (2) 257–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.06.005. 2009
- Schmidt, Brian K., Foster, Jeffrey T., Angehr, George R., Durrant, Kate L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2008. "A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis)." Zootaxa, 1850 27–42. 2008
- Robbins, M. B., Braun, Michael J., Milensky, Christopher M., Schmidt, Brian K., Prince, W., Rice, N. H., Finch, D. W., and O'Shea, B. J. 2007. "Avifauna of the Upper Essequibo River and Acary Mountains, Southern Guyana." Ornitologia Neotropical, 18, (3) 339–368. 2007
- O'Shea, B. J., Milensky, Christopher M., Claramunt, Santiago, Schmidt, Brian K., Gebhard, Christina A., Schmitt, C. Gregory, and Erskine, Kristine T. 2007. "New records for Guyana, with descriptions of the voice of Roraiman Nightjar(Caprimulgus whitelyi)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 127, (2) 118–127. 2007
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Book
- Braun, Michael J., Finch, D. W., Robbins, M. B., and Schmidt, Brian K. 2007. A Field Checklist of the Birds of Guyana, 2nd Edition. Smithsonian Institution Press. 2007
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Information Content Entity
- Orrell, Thomas M., Hollowell, Thomas H., Tuccinardi, Chris, Reed, Karen, Bird, Jessica, Williams, Jeffrey T., Tighe, Kenneth A., Schmidt, Brian K., and Ludwig, Craig. 2018. "NMNH Extant Specimen Records." https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3. 2018
Activities
Responsible Collections Areas
- National bird collections: skins, skeletons, fluids, eggs, nests, and supporting information.
Affiliation
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
