A quick and blurry mystery object today as I am in a rush!
about 7cm high
So what is it? Put your answers below and I’ll respond to any questions whenever I get the opportunity.
Good luck!
Friday mystery object #27
Zygoma
Adventures in natural history collections
Zygoma 
It’s a bird skeleton.
Beak suggests it’s something parroty or macawy, large sternum suggests it flies. 7cm tall is pretty small. I think it’s an adult, but the skull seems large in proportion to body.
I’m sure I should draw a conclusion from the layout of the toes, but I’ve forgotten what it is.
I’m going for Parakeet.
Good deductions. The beak is indeed parroty, the toes are zygodactyl in their arrangement – which also supports parroty.
Not a parakeet though.
It is something parroty, that’s for certain. I don’t think I have time to get more specific today – I’m just going on recognition rather than deduction.
Fair enough – well recognised!
@Ian
“It’s a bird skeleton” Classic 😉
It is a flying bird, judging by the breast bone, rather than a kakapo. Rather large eye sockets, and small beak.
Back with suggestion after lunch.
I might go for a Budgerigar.
w00t! You got it!
Yay, go me!
I will treat myself to an ale 😉
Bummer! Gphone won’t let me select whited-out text so humour your old ma. My first reaction was dodo, but I think that was more an expression of how I’m feeling after a l o n g day
@katekatv this is where e-mail notification is your friend 😉
I was once teased by my granny’s budgerigar…
Thanks SmallCasserole but I hadn’t made a comment to get an emal response to. What was I doing on Friday? Oh invigilation no wonder I hadn’t had a chance to.do the FMO test