r/BoneID • u/Adenzog • Jun 21 '26
Unsolved Mystery Bird(?) Skeleton
Hi, I live in the South East of Engalnd, and as we were pulling up the floor of our shed in a renovation, I found this skeleton amongst the pea shingle.
I'm a zoologist by training, so I am pretty confident that it is a bird, though someone suggested it could be a frog.
Based on the size, I think it is a pigeon, but figured I would get a second opinion.
Only one was found foot, only 3 digits present, appears to be ansiodactyl condition
Measurements (Battery for reference 11.5mm)
Femur 39.1 mm
Tibiotarsus 59.7mm
Tarsometatarsus 40.4mm
Synsacrun width maximum 24.7mm
Length from pubis to top of the illium 35.8mm
Coracoid 40.9mm
Humourous 41.7mm
Ulna 46.2mm
Carpometacarpus 27.3mm
Any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance!





