Birds
Photographs of articulated bird skeletons in rough evolutionary groups
Courtesy of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.
For reference, academic and educational use only. No commercial reproduction is permitted.
With many thanks to the staff and volunteers working on this project as part of the
conservation of the bird skeletons of the museum.
Palaeognathes
Extinct early birds - Terrorbird and Elephant MoaRatites
Palaeognathae including rhea, emuGoose, swan and ducks
Pink footed goose, whooper swan, red breasted merganserFlamingoes
PhoenicopterusPigeons inc Rodrigues Solitaire
Rodrigues Solitaire, Pigeon or Rock Dove, Tooth-billed pigeonSandgrouse
Sandgrouse and buttonquail - evolutionary position unclearGrouse
Capercaille, chicken, peacockLandfowl
Guan, Curassow and ChachalacaCuckoo, koel and bustard
Channel-billed cuckoo, Asian koel and Australian bustardStorks and Cranes
Long necked water birds including storks, cranes and hoatzinRails and Crakes
Gruiformes including swamphensWaders
Godwits, Stone Curlew. Kagu, Crab Plover and SkuaPuffins and guillemots
Puffin, Guillemot, thick-billed murre from the auk familyPenguins
A King or Emperor PenguinWandering albatross - Diomedea exulans -
Petrel and albatrossCormorants
Cormorants (northern and flightless), gannet and darterSpoonbills
Spoonbill and hamerkopBirds of Prey
White tailed or sea eagle, ospreyParrots
Parrots and hornbillsPasserines
Perching birds including birds of paradiseShow More