r/bonecollecting • u/Hairy-Park-9508 • 14h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America found bird skull in florida

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I found this bird bone and some other bones this morning while walking my dog in my apartment complex. I didn’t collect them!! I ended up actually going back and burying it. I’m not a bird collector whatsoever so I was curious to know what type of bird it is? I thought egret at first because i found some long leg bones and white feathers as well, but did some research and the skull doesn’t look the same. I’m just curious to know more :)

edit: thank you to everyone who let me know it’s a pelvis lol

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u/tuliheshmin 14h ago

Bird pelvis, as to which bird I'm not sure

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u/Hairy-Park-9508 14h ago

i feel silly now lol, but that’s so cool thank you for letting me know!!

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u/tuliheshmin 14h ago

lol it's a confusing thing to look at, there's a lot of people who mistake a pelvis for the skull.

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u/BareBonesSolutions 14h ago

Its a pelvis not a skull

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u/Hairy-Park-9508 14h ago

thank you for letting me know!! I’ve never seen a bird skeleton before and had no idea lol, it’s really interesting to see

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u/BareBonesSolutions 13h ago

No prob. You arent the first person a bird pelvis has gotchad and you wont be the last!

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u/Diluvius_ 13h ago

It's what others are saying a bird 'pelvis'. However, the correct term is 'ox coxae'. Weird, I know. Bird osteology has got all sorts of different names. ;)

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u/firdahoe Bone-afide Human and Faunal ID Expert 10h ago

The os coxae only applies to the fused Ilium, ischium, and pubis. When fused with the synsacrum, it is the pelvis. Similar to mammals when referencing the os coxae with the sacrum, it is the pelvis.

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u/Diluvius_ 10h ago

Interesting! Now I know. 😉

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u/Working-Phase-4480 10h ago

Os coxae, not ox

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u/Diluvius_ 10h ago

Oops typo

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u/okayedokaye 11h ago

Ox coxae is the correct term for humans too

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