Great auk

Discover Pinterest’s best ideas and inspiration for Great auk. Get inspired and try out new things.
2k people searched this
·
Last updated 3d
Pleistocene Animals, Surreal Creatures, Great Auk, Passenger Pigeon, Extinct Birds, Extinct Species, Keystone Species, Common Birds, Extinct Animals

Great Auk (Alca impennis), a stuffed specimen preserved at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. The bird was collected off the south coast of Iceland in 1821 shortly before the species became extinct in 1844. The last ever Great Auk site, Eldey island, forms the background og the photo. The egg is a mimmic.

270
Great Auk, Extinct Birds, Bird People, Extinct Animals, Scientific Illustration, Prehistoric Animals, Posters And Prints, Bird Prints, Botanical Illustration

Once ubiquitous in North America, by 1914 the population of passenger pigeons had been reduced by relentless hunting to a single bird named Martha at the Cincinnati Zoo. When Martha herself was found dead in her cage on September 1 of that year, she was packed on 300 pounds of ice and rushed to the Smithsonian Institution for preservation.

49
Great auk and more

Explore related boards

Related interests