Aves 3D

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The wishbone (furcula) of the Hyacinth Macaw, the largest flying parrot alive today, is featured on the homepage this Fall. Together with 25 additional furcula scans from the Aves 3D database, this bone was featured in a biomechanical study of the shape and function of the wishbone in flight, written by Roger Close from Monash University in Australia and Emily Rayfield from Bristol University:

Close RA, Rayfield EJ (2012). Functional Morphometric Analysis of the Furcula in Mesozoic Birds. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36664. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0036664.

This article can be freely accessed at the website for the journal PLoS ONE by clicking the article title above.

Newest Entries (view more)

Dryocopus javensis (White-bellied Woodpecker) Right Femur (Right Femur)

Dryocopus javensis (White-bellied Woodpecker) Left Femur (Left Upper Leg Bone)

Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk) Right Femur (Right Femur)

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†Raphus cucullatus (†Dodo) Cranium (Skull)

Eudyptes crestatus (Western Rockhopper Penguin) Furcula (Wishbone)

Macrocephalon maleo (Maleo) Cranium (Skull)