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Skull type: Higly adaptive

Puffinus puffinus (Manx’ Shearwater)




Length: 81 mm
Dutch: Noordse Pijlstormvogel

Chordeiles minor (Common Nighthawk)




Length: 34 mm
Dutch: Amerikaanse Nachtzwaluw

Platalea alba (African Spoonbill)




Length: 258 mm
Dutch: Afrikaanse Lepelaar

Ramphastos sulfuratus (Keel-billed Toucan)




Length: 155 mm
Dutch: Zwavelborsttoekan

Phoenicopterus chilensis (Chilean Flamingo)




Length: 150 mm
Dutch: Chileense Flamingo

Tockus deckeni (Von der Decken’s Hornbill)




Length: 94 mm
Dutch: Von der Deckens Tok

Tockus erythrorhynchos (Red-billed Hornbill)




Length: 95 mm
Dutch: Roodsnaveltok

Caprimulgus europaeus (Common Nightjar)




Length: 40 mm
Dutch: Nachtzwaluw

Casuaris casuaris (Southern Cassowary)




Length: 201 mm
Dutch: Helmkasuaris

Ramphastos dicolorus (Red-breasted Toucan)




Length: 0 mm
Dutch: Roodborsttoekan

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Skull sizes:

  • 0-25 mm (596)
  • 25-50 mm (325)
  • 50-75 mm (268)
  • 75-100 mm (182)
  • 100-150 mm (152)
  • 150-200 mm (55)
  • > 200 mm (35)

Skull types:

  • General (large / medium) (1,007)
  • Seed eaters (149)
  • Hooked bills (short) (135)
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  • Spear or dagger shaped (46)
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  • Higly adaptive (35)
  • Slender bills (long) (19)
  • Hooked bills (long) (13)

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Disclaimer

No bird has been killed to get its skull or skeleton for this collection. All wild birds died of natural causes or accidental, and in a few cases due to legal hunting by others, or died in captivity. The Experimental Zoology Group of Wageningen University has been authorized by the Dutch authorities to own protected European birds after their death. The permit nr is: FEF 27/06/2/98/0051. The Wageningen University also has a CITES exemption, nr NL004.
Who wants to keep (part of) a found bird should inform oneself about the local laws on bird protection.

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