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Strigiformes Collection

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Strix aluco, tawny owls

Strix aluco, tawny owls
Plate 4 from a collection of original drawings of birds. Watercolour on paper c.1788 by Sarah Stone (c.1760-1844). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1788

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Tyto alba, barn owl

Tyto alba, barn owl
A mounted specimen of a barn owl (Tyto alba). Barn owls are well distributed in Europe, South America, U.S.A, Africa and Australia. There are 35 subspecies

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Morepork Ruru, Laughing Owl Whekau

Morepork Ruru, Laughing Owl Whekau
Morepork Ruru, Ninox novaeseelandiae. Laughing Owl Whekau, Sceloglaux albifacies. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 20 Date: 1888

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: North Island Laughing Owl Whekau

North Island Laughing Owl Whekau
Norh Island Laughing Owl or Whekau, Sceloglaux albifacies rufifacies. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol 4 Plate 52. Date: 1888

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Owls and Sparrow hawk

Owls and Sparrow hawk
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Athene blewitti, forest owlet

Athene blewitti, forest owlet
Donated to the Museum in 1954 by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, it was discovered that he had in fact stolen the specimen from the Museum and changed its label

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Owl De Ulula

Owl De Ulula
Illustration of Owl De Ulula by Konrad Gesner (1516-1565)

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: LS Plate 7 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 7 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 7, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Collection of stuffed birds

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

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Ninox novaseelandiae, morepork

Ninox novaseelandiae, morepork
Ff. 39. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Strix fulva and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Bubo virginianus, great-horned owl

Bubo virginianus, great-horned owl
Plate 61 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Asio otus, long-eared owl

Asio otus, long-eared owl
Plate 383 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

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Nephrite owl carving

Nephrite owl carving
Stages in carving an owl in nephrite. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite

Background imageStrigiformes Collection: Strix nebulosa, great grey owl

Strix nebulosa, great grey owl
Close-up photograph of a great grey owl (Strix nebulosa), which can be found from Scandinavia across Siberia to Sakhalin, Alaska, Canada, and parts of the nothwestern United States


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