Article ID: CBB001422132

History of the Extant Museum Specimens of the Faroese White-Speckled Raven (2015)

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The white-speckled raven, a colour aberration of the Faroese raven Corvus corax varius Brünnich, 1764, has occurred on the Faroe Islands since at least the Middle Ages, and was always prized by collectors. In the second half of the nineteenth century while the Faroese raven population as a whole was suffering intense persecution, pied individuals were even more severely hunted, and were extinct by the beginning of the twentieth century. Details of twenty six specimens found in museum collections are given in this paper, as well as an overview of collectors on the Faroes who may have collected specimens.

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Authors & Contributors
Lucas, A. M.
Karl Schulze-Hagen
Luisa Ferrari
Juan José Ferrero García
Rothfels, Nigel
Mije, S. D. van der
Concepts
Natural history
Museums
Specimens
Birds
Extinction (biology)
Collections
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
Bronze age
17th century
Places
Australia
Great Britain
Queensland (Australia)
London (England)
Scotland
Colombia
Institutions
Hunterian Museum (London)
Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Royal College of Surgeons, London
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