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    • Carved Crane Head
    • Carved Crane Head
    • Carved Crane Head

    Carved Crane Head

    This object is on permanent display in the South Florida People & Environments exhibit, located in […]

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    • Terror Bird

    Terror Bird

    This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, […]

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    • Eskimo Curlew
    • Eskimo Curlew
    • Eskimo Curlew
    • Eskimo Curlew
    • Eskimo Curlew

    Eskimo Curlew

    The Eskimo Curlew traveled far, breeding in northern Canada and Alaska and wintering in southern South […]

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    • Passenger Pigeon
    • Passenger Pigeon
    • Passenger Pigeon
    • Passenger Pigeon
    • Passenger Pigeon

    Passenger Pigeon

    Passenger Pigeons were one of the most abundant birds in the world, with total numbers estimated […]

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    • Ivory-billed Woodpecker
    • Ivory-billed Woodpecker

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker

    The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, an iconic bird of the American Southeast, declined rapidly as its forests were […]

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    • Carolina Parakeet Eggs
    • Carolina Parakeet
    • Carolina Parakeet

    Carolina Parakeet

    Naturalists noticed declining populations of the once-common Carolina Parakeets as early as the 1830s. By the […]

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    • Great Auk
    • Great Auk
    • Great Auk
    • Great Auk

    Great Auk

    This large, flightless seabird once nested on seaside cliffs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. […]

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    • Resplendent Quetzal
    • Resplendent Quetzal
    • Resplendent Quetzal
    • Resplendent Quetzal
    • Resplendent Quetzal

    Resplendent Quetzal

    Ancient Aztec and Maya regarded the Resplendent Quetzal’s bright feathers as objects of power, beauty and […]

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    • Solomon Island Frogmouth
    • Solomon Island Frogmouth
    • Solomon Island Frogmouth
    • Solomon Island Frogmouth

    Solomon Island Frogmouth

    The rare Solomon Island Frogmouth was once considered a subspecies of the widespread Marbled Frogmouth. Comparing […]

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    • Archaeological animal bones
    • Archaeological animal bones
    • Archaeological animal bones
    • Archaeological animal bones
    • Archaeological animal bones
    • Archaeological animal bones

    Archaeological Animals

    Columbus’ first voyage in 1492 introduced European pigs, cats, rats and mice to the Caribbean. Animal […]

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