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The male King of Saxony bird-of-paradise has some of the most extraordinary feathers in the world - their uniquely modified occipital plumes can be 50cm long with 40-50 glossy blue enamel-looking flags decorating the bare feather shaft and help to attract a mate #ornithology

These are some of our most historically important birds’ eggs. Dr Alfred Russell Wallace is one of the most famous naturalists in the world. In 1859 he visited a beach in Tangkoko, Sulawesi and collected these rare eggs of the now endanger Maleo #WorldEggDay #Ornithology

Bones of the extinct Great Auk in the Natural History Museum found on Funk Island about 37 miles off Newfoundland, Canada. Sold to Walter Rothschild in August 1896 - approx 50 years after their extinction after centuries of persecution by man #TheLostAuk #MuseumDay #IMD2018