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Extinct birds

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+ Elephant Bird
+ Dodo
+ Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
+ Lost Bird Project - extinct bird sculptures - great auk, passenger pigeon, labrador duck, carolina parakeet, health hen

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Elephant bird

Elephant bird egg

elephant bird egg

Elephant Bird
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Aepyornithidae
Centre Valbio
Ranamafana
Madagascar 2013
July 16, 2013

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Madagascar 2007

Elephant bird egg

egg

Egg of extinct ratite
possibly Aepyornis maximus
Madagascar 2007
August 15, 2007

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The Darwin Safari 2007

Elephant bird egg - Natural History Museum

darwin 
rocks

This egg is humongous even in comparison with an ostrich egg. The egg is from an extinct species of birds that inhabited Madagascar.
Natural History Museum, England

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Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Dodo

dodo

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
Family: Columbidae - doves and pigeons
Darwin Safari
September 6, 2007
Canon 30D

c.f. Extinct birds

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Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)

Extinct in the wild

utah
Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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Extinct in the wild

utah
Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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Guam in the wild

utah
Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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Guam kingfisher - a sign

guam kingfisher
Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Olympus Tough TG-5

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The Lost Bird Project - extinct bird sculptures

Great auk ()

Auk and Aukward

great auk
()
Family:
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford
March 17, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

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Passenger pigeon ()

No more passengers

passenger pigeon
Passenger pigeon ()
Family:
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford
March 17, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

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Heath hen ()

Empty heath

heath hen
Heath hen ()
Family:
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford
March 17, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

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Labrador duck ()

Ducked out heath hen
Labrador duck ()
Family:
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford
March 17, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

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Carolina parakeet ()

carolina parakeet
Labrador duck ()
Family:
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford
March 17, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

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Maps - from the Stanford website:
https://live.stanford.edu/content/lost-bird-project

lost birds
Extinct birds
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford

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lost birds
Extinct birds
Lost birds project
Campus Drive
Stanford

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Created: November 14, 2018 (from birdz/eggs.html)
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