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Darwin finch drawn for the cover of the 99% Ape publication
La fauvette a queue rousse, a red-tailed warblerSylvia russeicauda. Plate 70 from Vieillots Histoire naturelle de oiseaux d Amerique Central Volume 12. The Natural History of Birds from Central America
Agyrtria viridiceps, hummingbird displayAs Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds which were displayed in 24 custom-made cases
Tropaeolum peregrinum, Canary bird flowerIllustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Berkeley Sound, Falkland islandsIllustration (p.214) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Watercolour fomr the Sir Ashton Lever CollectionWatercolour by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the Sir Ashton Lever Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. NHML (3) 42
Aptenodytes forsteri, Emperor Penguin eggEgg specimens collected during the Terra Nova expedition to Antartica
Adeliee Penguins, Cape AdareAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Agyrtria brevirostris, hummingbird displayAs Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds, which were displayed in 24 custom-made cases
Oceanites maorianus, New Zealand strom petrelThis skin is one of only three in the world that can prove the New Zealand storm petrel is a living species
Fregilupus varius specimen collected in Reunion
Cyanoramphus zealandicus, black-fronted parakeetPhotograph of Cyanoramphus zealndicus specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct
Clutch of eggs
Phalacrocorax perspecillatus, spectacled cormorantPhalacrocorax perspecillatus is an extinct species of cormorant, discovered in the Bering Sea. It became extinct c. 1850
Fregilupus varius, reunion starlingThe reunion starling is an extinct bird native to the Mascarenes. It became extinct c. 1860
Marinavis longirostrisFossil fragments from Abbey Wood. Specimens are beak fragments (BMNH A 4267 holotype and BMNH A 4268 paratype), a wing fragment, and a carpometacarpus (BMNH A 4233)
Hummingbird specimenAs Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds, which were then displayed in 24 custom-made cases
Eggs of ParadiseidaePlate X from Novitates Zoologicae, Volume XVII, 1910. By Henrik Gronvold. Please see image 100056 for key
Group of Adeliee Penguins, Cape AdareAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Maiasaura hatchlingAn animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya
Adeliee penguin skeleton Pygoscelis adeliaeSpecimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological
Humming bird nestA humming bird nest collected by Captain Cook 1st voyage in Rio de Janiero
Eimeo and barrier reefIllustration (p.432) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Mocking birdAn illustration (Plate 17, Birds) from the Zoology of the Beagle
Pagodroma nivea, snow petrelFf. 90. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Procellaria nivea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Porzanula palmeri, Laysan CrakeThe Laysan Crake or Laysan Rail was native to Hawaii, and became extinct about 1944. This specimen is from the Rothschild Bequest
Hummingbird display caseAs Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds, which were displayed in 24 custom-made cases
Epimachus ellioti, elliots sicklebillPlate from a first edition of Birds of New Guinea by John Gould (1804 - 1881)
Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrelFf. 93a. Pencil drawing by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Agyrtria leucocaster, hummingbird displayAs Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds, which were then displayed in 24 custom-made cases
Agyrtria candida, hummingbird displayAs Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds which were displayed in 24 custom-made cases
Adeliee Penguin groupAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Spermophila supercilarisPlate 7 from Gyula Madaraszs Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesammte Ornithologie, Vol. 2, (1885) Annotated Spermophila superciliaris. This science name is no longer valid
Botany staff, March 1900. The Natural History Museum, LondoRobert Hugh Bunting photographed his colleagues in a relaxed mood during March 1900
Bird-of-paradisePlate 612 from Konrad Gesners Historia Animalium, Vol.3, (1555)
A collection of eggs from western Asia
birdA specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus variegatus
Children with bird specimens, 1948. The Natural History MusIn December 1948 a Childrens Centre opened at the Museum. Jacqueline Palmer, a teacher seconded from the London County Council, had come up with the idea
Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburraWatercolour 159 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great Brown Kingfisher, Goo-ge-na-gan
Malacorhynchus membranaceus, pink-eared duckWatercolour 92 by Thomas Wattling from the Watling Collection titled the Mandibles of a very curious creature
Bulwers PetrelIllustration of Bulwers Petrel by William Jardine
Empidonax virescnes, Elliottia racemosa, Callirrhoe triangulAcadian flycatcher, elliottia, poppy mallow and pipit. Drawing 20 (Ewan 46) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Harpy from Aldrovandis OperaIllustration of a Harpy from Aldrovandis Opera
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly
Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbirdWatercolour 360 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Red-tailed Tropic-bird
European GoldfinchIllustration of a European Goldfinch by John Keulemans (1842-1912)