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Skull type: Spear or dagger shaped

Uria aalge (Common Guillemot)




Length: 114 mm
Dutch: Zeekoet

Dryocopus martius (Black Woodpecker)




Length: 105 mm
Dutch: Zwarte Specht

Dendrocopos minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker)




Length: 32 mm
Dutch: Kleine Bonte Specht

Uria lomvia (Brunnich’s Guillemot)




Length: 105 mm
Dutch: Kortbekzeekoet

Picus viridis (Green Woodpecker)




Length: 81 mm
Dutch: Groene Specht

Halcyon senegalensis (Woodland Kingfisher)




Length: 72 mm
Dutch: Senegal-ijsvogel

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)




Length: 205 mm
Dutch: Blauwe Reiger

Podiceps cristata (Great Crested Grebe)




Length: 97 mm
Dutch: Fuut

Grus antigone (Sarus Crane)




Length: 158 mm
Dutch: Saruskraanvogel

Botaurus stellaris (Great Bittern)




Length: 142 mm
Dutch: Roerdomp

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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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