Extinct Bird Collection

Coloured Engraving of a dodo
Engraving of a dodo, an extinct, flightless bird, related to the pigeon. The size of a swan, it was heavily-built and clumsy

Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria
FLO4612197 Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo
FLO4612158 Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo

Willem Piso's illustration of the dodo, from Gulielmi Pisonis Medici Amstelaedamensis, 1658
FLO4612072 Willem Piso's illustration of the dodo, from Gulielmi Pisonis Medici Amstelaedamensis, 1658. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo

Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin
FLO4612060 Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. Handcoloured lithograph by CDM from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo

Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, from Francois Lequat's Voyages, 1708
FLO4612049 Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, from Francois Lequat's Voyages, 1708. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Dodo statue on the facade of the Scotch House in Veere, the Netherlands, 1561. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4611950 Dodo statue on the facade of the Scotch House in Veere, the Netherlands, 1561. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans' Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller

Cranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5,6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner
FLO4612182 Cranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5,6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo

Skulls of tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris, critically endangered 1,7,8,9,10 dodo, Raphus cucullatus 2
FLO4612171 Skulls of tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris, critically endangered 1,7,8,9,10 dodo, Raphus cucullatus 2, yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 3,6, crowned pigeon

Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, 1848 (lithograph)
FLO4612102 Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, 1848 (lithograph); (add.info.: Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, by Francois Leguat from his Voyage, published 1708)

Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland
FLO4612153 Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve

Tooth billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris 1,2 (critically endangered), Bruce's green pigeon
FLO4612139 Tooth billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris 1,2 (critically endangered), Bruce's green pigeon, Treron waalia (Treron abyssinica 3,5) and Levaillant's dove

Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct
FLO4612106 Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct

Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Neck's Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius
FLO4612076 Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Neck's Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)

Dodos and parrots hunted in Mauritius 1602 from Willem van West-Zanenos Journal
FLO4611988 Dodos and parrots hunted in Mauritius 1602 from Willem van West-Zanenos Journal, and copies of Salomon Savery's white dodo by Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 and Gillis Joosten Saeghman

Dodo by Adriaen van de Venne, male, 1626 (8) and dodo by Gillis de Hondecoeter (Honderkoeter), male, 1626 (9)
FLO4611983 Dodo by Adriaen van de Venne, male, 1626 (8) and dodo by Gillis de Hondecoeter (Honderkoeter), male, 1626 (9). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Metatarsus and toes of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-5, foot of the yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 6
FLO4612178 Metatarsus and toes of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-5, foot of the yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 6, stock dove, Columba oenas 7 and partridge pigeon

Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo
FLO4612152 Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve

Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo, from his Voyage, 1646
FLO4612144 Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo, from his Voyage, 1646. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred

Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery
FLO4612067 Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery. Presented to the British Museum by George Edwards, 1759

Title page with Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo. Title page from Hugh Edwin Strickland
FLO4612063 Title page with Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe's illustration of the dodo. Title page from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melville's The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve

White dodo head by Cornelis Saftleven, male, 1637, after a painting in the Museum Boijmans of Rotterdam (25)
FLO4612041 White dodo head by Cornelis Saftleven, male, 1637, after a painting in the Museum Boijmans of Rotterdam (25), and white dodo head by Jan Goeimare, male, 1853 (26)

White dodo II by Pieter Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4612015 White dodo II by Pieter Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans' Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller

White dodo I by Pieter II Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4612010 White dodo I by Pieter II Holsteyn, female, 1638. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans' Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller

Copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Michiel de Groot, 1682 (17), Gijsbert de Groot, 1724 (18)
FLO4612009 Copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Michiel de Groot, 1682 (17), Gijsbert de Groot, 1724 (18), Isaak van der Putte, 1733 (19) and Jan Morterre, 1757 (20)

Side, front and back of the leg of a dodo in the British Museum. Illustration drawn
FLO4612128 Side, front and back of the leg of a dodo in the British Museum. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Joseph Dinkel from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Humerus and femur of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria
FLO4612190 Humerus and femur of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Facsimile of Roelandt Savery's picture of the dodo in the Bellvedere at Vienna, 1628
FLO4612095 Facsimile of Roelandt Savery's picture of the dodo in the Bellvedere at Vienna, 1628. Handcoloured lithograph after Roelandt Savery from Hugh Edwin Strickland

White dodo by Johann Walther, female, 1657 (27) and white dodo by Jacob Hoefnagel, young male, 1609 (28)
FLO4612042 White dodo by Johann Walther, female, 1657 (27) and white dodo by Jacob Hoefnagel, young male, 1609 (28). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

17th century copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Gerrit van Goedesberg, 1662 (13), Joost Hartgers
FLO4611990 17th century copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Gerrit van Goedesberg, 1662 (13), Joost Hartgers, 1650 (14), Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 (15) and Gijsbert Sijbes

Metatarsus bones of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-10, crowned pigeon, Goura coronata 12-17, tooth-billed pigeon
FLO4612222 Metatarsus bones of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-10, crowned pigeon, Goura coronata 12-17, tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris 18,19 and other birds

Head and tail of the dodo by Roelandt Savery, Johan Neiuhof, Jacob de Bondt, Ludwig Schmoor von Carolsfeld, G
FLO4612057 Head and tail of the dodo by Roelandt Savery, Johan Neiuhof, Jacob de Bondt, Ludwig Schmoor von Carolsfeld, G. Krause, etc. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

White dodo I by Pieter Withoos, female, Illustrated London News, 1856 (23) and white dodo II by Pieter Withoos, female
FLO4612017 White dodo I by Pieter Withoos, female, Illustrated London News, 1856 (23) and white dodo II by Pieter Withoos, female, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1863 (24)

Dodo of Iohan Theodor and Iohan Israel de Bry, female, 1601, and copy in the Florence Codex, female, circa 1703
FLO4611977 Dodo of Iohan Theodor and Iohan Israel de Bry, female, 1601, and copy in the Florence Codex, female, circa 1703. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Dodo of the Scotch House, Veere, 1561, and dodo from the Florence Codex, circa 1703. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr
FLO4611958 Dodo of the Scotch House, Veere, 1561, and dodo from the Florence Codex, circa 1703. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Side view of the head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum and restored head in the British Museum
FLO4612112 Side view of the head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum and restored head in the British Museum. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Joseph Dinkel from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Dodo of Jacob Cornelisz van Neck, female, 1601 (4) and Dodo of Carolus Clusius, female, 1605 (5)
FLO4611969 Dodo of Jacob Cornelisz van Neck, female, 1601 (4) and Dodo of Carolus Clusius, female, 1605 (5). Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Dodo. Computer illustration of a dodo (Raphus culcullatus). Roughly the size of a swan, this extinct bird was heavily-built, clumsy and flightless

Extinct dodo
Engraving of the extinct dodo. The dodo was a distant relative of the pigeon. Roughly the size of a swan, it was heavily-built, flightless, and clumsy

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The haunting beauty of the extinct bird, forever lost to time. Once soaring through the skies with grace and majesty, now only a memory etched in history books. The tragic tale of how human greed and ignorance led to the demise of these magnificent creatures. Their songs silenced, their colors faded into obscurity. We must never forget the lessons learned from their extinction, and strive to protect and preserve the precious wildlife that still graces our planet. Let us honor the legacy of these lost birds by working towards a future where all species can thrive in harmony with nature. Extinct but not forgotten, may their spirit live on in our hearts as a reminder of our responsibility to cherish and protect all living beings on Earth.