Coraciiformes Collection

New Zealand Kingfisher (young and adult)
New Zealand Kingfisher Kotare, Todiramphus sanctus vagnas (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 13 Date: 1888

Dacelo novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra
Drawing No. 57, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Kingfisher
Plate 336, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Crested kingfisher

Alcedo athhis, common kingfisher
Watercolour by Charles F. Tunnicliffe (c. 1973)

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Ff. 59. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Alcedo cyanea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pelargopsis capensis, stork-billed kingfisher
Plate 31, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Indian Roller, Coracias benghalensis
Number 12 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
Number 5 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Crested kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris
Number 4 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smymensis
Number 6 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives ref: Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Merops ornatus, Latham collection Vol. 3, f368

Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburra
Watercolour 159 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great Brown Kingfisher, Goo-ge-na-gan

Ceryle rudis, pied kingfisher
Plate 32, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Ceyx erithaca, Oriental dwarf kingfisher
Plate 36, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Coracias benghalensis
Plate 70, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Collection of mixed dead birds
Plate 65, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Mergus merganser, goosander, Alcedo atthis, common kingfishe
Plate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Coracias garrulus semenowi, European roller
Plate 24 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Merops apiaster, European bee-eater
Plate 144 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Collection of stuffed birds
Case of stuffed bird specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Tanysiptera sylvia, buff-breasted paradise kingfisher
Plate 50 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 4 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Todiramphus leucopygius, ultramarine kingfisher
Plate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea, Vol. 4 (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Dacelo tyro, spangled kookaburra
Plate 51 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Halcyon leucocephala, grey-headed kingfisher
Ff. 60. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Alcedo cancrophaga made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Alcedo atthis bengalensis, common kingfisher
Plate 17, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Merops leschenaulti, chestnut-headed bee-eater
Plate 33, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Coracias benghalensis, Indian roller
Plate 48, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Halcyon smyrnensis, white-throated kingfisher
Plate 53, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Todiramphus sanctus, Malurus melanocephala
Drawing No. 43, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Megaceryle alcyon, belted kingfisher
Plate 69, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Watercolour 160 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Sacred Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis, common kingfisher
Plate 61 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Roller Tumbler, domestic pigeon
This pigeon is from the collection of domestic pigeons donated to the Natural History Museum by Charles Darwin in 1867. The bird probably came from Darwins own aviaries

Coracias temminckii, purple-winged roller
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Coracias garrulus, european roller
The European Roller, Coracias garrulus, is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe

Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eater
Watercolour by Chloe Elizabeth Talbot Kelly (1960)

Coracina melashistos, dark-collared cuckoo-shrike nests
A painting by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)

Alcedo hercules, great blue kingfisher
An illustration by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection

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