Collection and Taxidermy: A Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) (Pallas, 1771) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)

^1,2Department of Natural History, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh

³Department of Biology, Cantonment Public College, Saidpur Cantonment—5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

⁴Padma Bridge Museum, Sreenagar, Munshiganj, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author: Ashraful Kabir, Department of Biology, Cantonment Public College, Saidpur Cantonment―5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, Phone: +88-01712563750; E-mail: [email protected]

Received Date: November 01, 2024

Published Date: December 10, 2024

Citation: Afroz S, et al. (2024). Collection and Taxidermy: A Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) (Pallas, 1771) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae). Mathews J Vet Sci. 8(5):53.

Copyrights: Afroz S, et al. © (2024).

ABSTRACT

Taxidermy is very important for the study of evolution especially natural history. Taxidermy is the most important, powerful, and directs visual communication in the Bangladesh National Museum. This process is a skill that can be valuable to scientists and artists alike (Plate 1). Various species of birds are commonly exhibited in the galleries of the Bangladesh National Museum. This institution receives whole vertebrate specimens. Make sure that its skin will not be damaged while transportation, wrapping with the newspaper is necessary. Borax powder is used to protect the skin from insects and fungi. Later, it was made into a mannequin with the help of wooden wool, cotton, polyethylene foam, polyurethane foam, styrofoam, dried grass wool or other materials. Finally, mounting birds were placed with artificial rocks, plants, and grasses blended slightly into painted panoramic backdrops, giving an impression of actual nature (Plate 1).

Keywords: Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Taxidermy, Diorama, Wildlife, Conservation, Bangladesh National Museum.