Bristol City Museum / Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly {Ornithoptera alexandrae} museum specimens, male top, female below. World's largest butterfly, wing span 1 foot / 30 cms. Endangered species occurs in Papua New Gu...

Bristol City Museum / Great auk specimen - seabird hunted to extinction mid 19th century {Pinguinnus impennis}

Bristol City Museum / Dodo model {Raphus cucullatus} - flightless bird native to Mauritius, hunted to extinction.

Bristol City Museum / Traditional Museum display case of stuffed animals, Bristol City Museum, UK.

Bristol City Museum / Ivory billed woodpecker specimen - thought to be extinct but seen in Arkansas in 2005

Bristol City Museum / Ivory billed woodpecker specimen - thought to be extinct but seen in Arkansas in 2005

Bristol City Museum / Ivory billed woodpecker specimen - thought to be extinct but seen in Arkansas in 2005

Bristol City Museum / Peppered moth {Biston betularia} specimens: melanic dark form is better camouflaged in urban areas and has been dominant in UK but as air quality has improved over past decades, the lighter form is ma...

Bristol City Museum / Extinct Plains Zebra subspecies - Equus quagga burchelli. There are several subspecies of Plains Zebra with stripes that range from more black and white towards the north of its range to more brown an...

Bristol City Museum / Extinct Great Elephantbird {Aepyornis maximus} of Madagascar egg next to domestic hen egg.

Bristol City Museum / Carolina parakeet {Conuropsis carolinensis} - museum specimen. Extinct 1914. Only parrot species indigenous to USA

Bristol City Museum / Passenger pigeon {Ectopistes migratorius} - museum specimen. Native to N. America, was once perhaps the most numerous bird on earth - vast flocks existed. Hunted to extinction 19th century. Last indiv...