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Background imageFlightless Collection: Strigops habroptilus, kakapo

Strigops habroptilus, kakapo
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905), from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A history of the Birds of New Zealand (1887-88)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Pinguinus impennis, great auk

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Oil painting on canvas by John Gerrad Keulemans (undated). 229 x 205

Background imageFlightless Collection: Raphus cucullatus, dodo

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
Plate 1 from Memoirs on the Dodo by Sir Richard Owen, 1866

Background imageFlightless Collection: Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodo

Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodo
Plate 25 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (1907) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, Didus ineptus, extinct

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, Didus ineptus, extinct flightless bird.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Background imageFlightless Collection: Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)

Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)
Portrait of Sir Richard Owen, an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Picture shows Owen and the skeleton of Dinornis maximus, c. 1877. From The Life of Owen (1894)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Spheniscus magellanicus, Magellanic penguin

Spheniscus magellanicus, Magellanic penguin
Ff. 83. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Emu by Gambier Bolton

Emu by Gambier Bolton
Emu photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 354, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imageFlightless Collection: Scene in New Zealand, with some of its remarkable birds

Scene in New Zealand, with some of its remarkable birds
Plate 13 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Geographical Distribution of Animals, (1876)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguin

Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguin
Ff. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dromaius novaehollandiae, emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae, emu
Drawing No. 67, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Background imageFlightless Collection: Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens

Downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Background imageFlightless Collection: Common kiwi, Apteryx australis

Common kiwi, Apteryx australis
Southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi, Apteryx australis. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Pass from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, London, 1801

Background imageFlightless Collection: Extinct flightless bird, the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus

Extinct flightless bird, the Dodo, Raphus cucullatus. Woodblock engraving from Die Illustrirte Welt (The Illustrated World), Stuttgart, Germany, 1857

Background imageFlightless Collection: Hooded dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird

Hooded dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by John Pass after George Edwards from John Wilkes Encyclopedia Londinensis, London, 1803

Background imageFlightless Collection: Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless

Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Background imageFlightless Collection: OSTRICH - male on nest with eggs

OSTRICH - male on nest with eggs (Stuthio camelus)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Ostrich - eggs at nest

Ostrich - eggs at nest (Struthio camelus)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Aepyornis maximus, elephant bird

Aepyornis maximus, elephant bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson from his drawings collection (1950)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Emu and rheas at Tring Park

Emu and rheas at Tring Park
Rheas from South America and Emus from Australia are examples of the flightless ratite birds kept by Walter Rothschild at Tring Park

Background imageFlightless Collection: Broad-billed parrot

Broad-billed parrot
Plate 7 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1907). Date: 1907

Background imageFlightless Collection: Greater rhea or American ostrich, Rhea americana

Greater rhea or American ostrich, Rhea americana.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Background imageFlightless Collection: Leg of a dodo, Raphus cucullatus, Didus ineptus

Leg of a dodo, Raphus cucullatus, Didus ineptus, extinct flightless bird.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageFlightless Collection: Hesperornis regalis, extinct genus of flightless

Hesperornis regalis, extinct genus of flightless aquatic birds that lived in the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Background imageFlightless Collection: Moa birds, Dinornis robustus, being hunted

Moa birds, Dinornis robustus, being hunted by men with bows and arrows.. The moa were flightless birds native to New Zealand, hunted to extinction by the Maoris

Background imageFlightless Collection: Hesperornis regalis, a species of ancient flightless

Hesperornis regalis, a species of ancient flightless bird of the late Cretaceous period.. Descended from earlier flying birds of the Mesozoic Era

Background imageFlightless Collection: SKELETON OF AEPYORNIS - an extinct bird

SKELETON OF AEPYORNIS - an extinct bird

Background imageFlightless Collection: A pair of Ostrich - Kenya, East Africa

A pair of Ostrich - Kenya, East Africa Date: 1940s

Background imageFlightless Collection: Porzanula palmeri, Laysan Crake

Porzanula palmeri, Laysan Crake
The Laysan Crake or Laysan Rail was native to Hawaii, and became extinct about 1944. This specimen is from the Rothschild Bequest

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dinoris sp. moa skeletons

Dinoris sp. moa skeletons
Inscribed J. Benjamin Stone, July 1907. Held in the Natural History Museum Archive PH 128/6

Background imageFlightless Collection: Eudyptes chrysocome, rockhopper penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome, rockhopper penguin
Ff. 45, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dinornis elephantopus, heavy-footed moa

Dinornis elephantopus, heavy-footed moa
An extinct wingless bird from the superficial deposits of the middle island of New Zealand in the gallery of Fossils, British Museum, height of skeleton 5 ft 6 in. 1858. NHM Archives 1210 1/11

Background imageFlightless Collection: Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallow

Artamus leucorhynchus, white-breasted woodswallow
Ff. 165. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Motacilla longiceps and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Pterocnemia pennata pennata, rhea

Pterocnemia pennata pennata, rhea
A mounted adult specimen of Charles Darwins rhea (Pterocnemia pennata pennata), mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd in the early 1900s

Background imageFlightless Collection: Hesperornis regalis, cretaceous bird

Hesperornis regalis, cretaceous bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Struthio camelus, ostrich

Struthio camelus, ostrich
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Background imageFlightless Collection: Eggs from Aepyornis maximus and Gallus domesticus

Eggs from Aepyornis maximus and Gallus domesticus
Scale comparison using eggs from a chicken (Gallus domesticus), and the largest known extinct bird, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Eudyptula minor, little penguin

Eudyptula minor, little penguin
Ff. 84. Wtarecolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Aptenodytes minor and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Raphus cucullatus, dodo, Ara macao, scarlet macaw

Raphus cucullatus, dodo, Ara macao, scarlet macaw
Oil painting attributed to Roelandt Savery (c. 1625). Given to The Natural History Museum, London, in 1759 by G. Edwards. See N04297 for black and white image

Background imageFlightless Collection: Phorusrhacus longissmus

Phorusrhacus longissmus

Background imageFlightless Collection: Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphen

Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphen
Drawing No. 73, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Background imageFlightless Collection: Pterocnemia pennata, lesser rhea

Pterocnemia pennata, lesser rhea
Plate 47, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire

Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire
Plate number 512 c by Richard Owen drawn from a male skeleton specimen at Cambridge university.This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island

Background imageFlightless Collection: Aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin

Aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin
Mounted specimen of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Eudyptes schlegeli, royal penguin

Eudyptes schlegeli, royal penguin
Ff. 80. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes chhrysocome and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageFlightless Collection: Dinornis giganteus, giant moa

Dinornis giganteus, giant moa
Specimen of the extinct bird the giant moa (Dinornis giganteus), the largest bird that ever lived



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