Robert O Hara Burke Memorial Museum |
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Preserved Bird Display |
At the Beechworth Burke Museum, they have a magnificent display of over 100 birds, which have been preserved or "stuffed" and placed in a magnificent glass display cabinet.
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Most of these birds were acquired by the Museum over the three year period from 1879 to 1881.
Again most of the birds were preserved by Mr A W Eustace and the Reverend W S C Howard. The museum paid 5 shillings each to have the birds preserved.
Most of these birds were shot in the local area around these years.
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A listing of the Burke Museum Displayed Birds
| White Goshawk | Woodchat Shrike | Spotted Water Crake |
| Leadbetter's Cockatoo | Beautiful Flucatcher ( India ) | Avocet |
| Swift Parrot | Wandering Flycatcher ( India ) | Indian Snipe |
| Wonga Wonga Pigeon | Flycatcher unnamed ( India ) | Turnstone |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Paradise Flycatcher | Great Black Backed Gull |
| Southern Tern | Flycatcher unnamed | Variegated Gull |
| Australian Hobby | Ring Thrush | Black Headed Gull |
| Jardines Harrier | Missel Thrush | Gull unnamed |
| Wedge Tailed Eagle | Manakin | Red Necked Grebe |
| Little Sparrow Hawk | Bohemian Chatter | Common Buzzard |
| Kestral | Black Tilmouse | Mottled Buzzard |
| Merlin Falcon | Yellow Bunting ( Holland ) | Snowy Owl |
| Collared Sparrow Hawk | Snow Bunting | Virginian Bee Owl ( USA ) |
| Australian Dollar Bird | Bunting unnamed | Horned Owl |
| Blue Bellied Lorikeet | Blue Bird female | Barn Owl |
| Tail of Black Cockatoo | Goldfinch ( Europe ) | White Owl |
| Bengal Kingfishers ( India ) | Mountain Sinnet | Rayed Surn Owl ( Sweden ) |
| Belted Kingfisher | Californian Scrub Quail | Boobook Owl |
| Bee Eater ( India ) | Passenger Pigeon | Short Eared Owl |
| Rock Finch | Bull Finch | Diurnial Owl ( Holland ) |
| Melodius Finch | Green Thornbill ( India ) | Regent Bird |
| Redpole ( France ) | Common Cross Bill | Baltimore Bird |
| Mountain Finch | Red Winged Starling | Common Jay |
| Green Finch | Common Starling | Rifle Bird |
| Bell Bird | Lyre Bird | Turquoise Parrot |
| King Parrot | Eastern Rosella |
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Above you can see the beautifully preserved parrots, the Eastern Rosella, the endangered Turquoise Parrot and the nearly extinct Swift Parrot.
All the birds in this extensive display are in very good condition, and the colouring is still very good. Come in to see the red headed woodpecker.
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