Gruiformes Collection

South Island Takahe, Porphyrio hochestetteri. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 33 Date: 1888

Crex crex, corncrake
Plate 87 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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

Gallirallus philippensis, buff-banded rail
Drawing No. 45, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Fulica americana, American coot
Plate 239 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Porzana tabuensis, spotless crake
Ff. 130. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Wading bird illustration by Alexander Wilson
Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Virginia rail, Rallus limicola and Clapper rail, Rallus longirostris. Hand painted engraving

Porzana parva, little crake
Plate 90 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Grus japonensis, red-crowned crane
Plate 61, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Rallus phippensis
Buff-banded Rail, Rallus phippensis, collected by JB Jukes in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on August 1843 Date: 1843

Eulabeornis castaneoventris egg
Egg of Chestnut Rail, Eulabeornis castaneoventris, collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

North Island Weka and Western Weka
North Island Weka, Gallirallus australis greyi. Western Weka, Gallirallus australis australis

Western Weka and Buff Weka
Western Weka, Gallirallus australis australis. Buff Weka, Gallirallus australis hectori

Chatham Island Rail or Matirakahu, Cabalus modestus (adult and young). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.4 Plate 57 Date: 1888

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

Demoiselle and crane designs
Drawing 27 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)

Fulica atra, common coot
Plate 84 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Porzana pusilla, Baillons crake
Plate 89 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Porphyrio porphirio poliocephalus, purple swamphen
Plate 93, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Amaurornis flavirostra, black crake
Ff. 132. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus aethiops and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Amaurornis phoenicurus, white-breasted waterhen
Plate 92, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Porzana porzana, spotted crake
Plate 88 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Grus grus, common crane
Plate 19 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchat
Plate 91, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Rallus sp. Rail
Plate 90, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Grus canadensis, sandhill crane

Rallus elegans, king rail
Plate 203 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Rallus longirostris, clapper rail
Plate 204 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Porzana carolina, sora rail
Plate 233 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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

Rallus limicola, Virginian rail
Plate 70, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Grus canadensis pratenis, Florida sandhill crane
Drawing 3 (Ewan 30) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, purple swamphen
Watercolour 331 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Black-jointed Gallinule, Goo la warring

Grus rubicunda, brolga
Watercolour 303 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Crane

Gallinula chloropus, common moorhen

Gallirallus dieffenbachii, Dieffenbachs rail
Photograph of Gallirallus dieffenbachii specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is extinct

Aramides gutturalis, red-throated wood-rail
The Red-throated Wood-rail (Aramides gutturalis) is an disputed extinct species of bird in the Rallidae family. This species is now considered invalid

Grus leucogeranus, siberian white crane
Siberian white crane egg specimens

Rallus limicola, Virginia rail
Plate 205 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Grus americana, whooping crane

Rallus aquaticus, water rail
Plate facing page 34 in M.S. Notes for John Goulds The Birds of Europe, Vol. 6, (1832-37)

Aramus guarauna, limpkin
Plate 377 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Laterallus jamaicensis, black rail
Plate 349 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Coturnicops noveboracensis, yellow rail
Plate 329 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Porphyrio martinica, purple galinule
Plate 305 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Porphyrio coerulescens, Reunion gallinule
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans c. 1905

Grus anigone, Sarus crane eggs
Gouache by an unknown artist, (c. 1830-40). Part of the Jardine Collection

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