Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin, unknown maker

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unknown maker, Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin
unknown maker, Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin
unknown maker
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin
collected 12 March 1893
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) skin, collected 12 March 1893
Where object was made: Brevard County, Florida, United States
Credit line: Courtesy of the KU Biodiversity Institute, Division of Ornithology
Accession number: EL2020.007
Not on display
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If you observe bird specimens in storage at KU’s Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, they aren’t mounted for display like this ruffed grouse. They’re study skins, like this cardinal, blue jay, and Carolina parakeet. There’s something so much more poignant about the study skins to me. Seeing them is like discovering a dead bird outside your window. You know it’s dead, but you can’t help buy hope it’s only sleeping.