"Perhaps no other group of vertebrates, except possibly the fishes, has been as neglected osteologically as have the birds."
-Stanley John Olsen

6/7/26
Please @ or message me if I have wrong IDs, if it seems like I missed a notification before, etc. I was loosing notifications right and left for awhile, and so there's a good chance I didn't see any mentions, disagreeing IDs, etc

Working out bird osteology.
Guides:
Bird Skull and Pelvis vs Mammal Skull and Pelvis
Differentiating Accipitriformes Skulls (Simplified, USA)
Peacock, Chicken, and Duck Pelvis Comparison (Essentially how to differentiate landfowl vs waterfowl pelvises)
Anatidae Sternum ID guide
Cormorant Pelvis

If you have questions about my IDs, if I IDed something wrong, or if you think I missed your notification (I don't think I've been getting any notifications when tagged in observation descriptions), feel free to @ me

I sometimes post a few observations from Geronimo. I just post his observations on occasion, as tagged, all IDs and posts are me.

Prolife pic is skull and crossed tibiotarsuses of a domestic muscovy duck

So I don't inundate iNaturalist with too many bird bone journal posts, I've now created a blogspot: Avian Osteology. If you're curious for a comprehensive list of bird bone IDing resources, that is the best that I know of.

(below link massive reference list for bird bones. for personal ease of access, but if anyone is curious feel free to use it)
Bird Osteology Quick Links

Ease of access link to claireb882's bone ID google doc, a huge comprehensive resource list across vertebrate classes

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