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The Bird Collection

The Museum’s bird collection is made up of an impressive 1681 specimens, many of which date from the nineteenth century. The meticulous project to identify and catalogue every single specimen of bird at Kendal Museum took almost ten years to complete, with the majority of the work undertaken by volunteer Judith Robinson.

The fully catalogued collection includes a note of 2017 IUCN status, which shows that there are more than ten specimens of birds on the red list as being endangered or critically endangered and many more classed as vulnerable or near-threatened. There are also specimens of the extinct Huia from New Zealand and the possibly extinct Eskimo Curlew and the Ecuadorian Turquoise-throated Puffleg hummingbird.

Download the full catalogue here.

Other Collections

Download the full mammal catalogue here.

Download the full amphibian and reptile catalogue here.

Download the full fish catalogue here.

Download the Catalogue of Passerine birds here.

Download the Catalogue of Non- Passerine birds here

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