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Feathered treasures

Dating back to the colonial 19th century, the natural history collection of the Übersee-Museum holds hundreds of specimens of Oceania birds. 

The bird collection serves as a record and testament to the biodiversity of Pacific Islands. From Aotearoa New Zealand, to New Guinea and the Hawai'i Archipelago.

A red bird
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765583

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

Albatros chick
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_0002029

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

Red bird
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_0002031

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

Two red birds
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_0771426

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A green parrot
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765506

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A black bird with long, rounded beak
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765584

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A bird with long tufted feathers
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765595

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A green bird with a long rounded beak
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765619

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A small greyish bird
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765615

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A bird with spread wings
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765633

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A bird of paradise
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765717

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

Two mounted birds
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765623

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A bird of paradise
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765637

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A kiwi bird
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765715

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen

A yellow-green bird
For more information on this object: http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/UMB_6765706

CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen