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Elephant bird
Order: Aepyornithiformes
Family: Aepyornithidae
Madagascar 2013
Elephant bird egg
Centre Valbio
Ranamafana
Madagascar
July 16, 2013
Madagascar 2007
Elephant bird egg
The Darwin Safari 2007
Elephant bird egg - Natural History Museum
This egg is humongous even in comparison with an ostrich egg. The egg is from an extinct
species of birds that inhabited Madagascar.
Giant elephant bird Aepyornis maximus
Family: Aepyornithidae (Elephant Birds) - extinct
Natural History Museum, England
Big bird
Elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus)
Tsimbazaza Museum
Antananarivo, Madagascar
June 21, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Bob with elephant bird egg
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Elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus)
Diego Suarez, Madagascar
July 7, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob with elephant skeleton
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Bob with elephant bird egg
Giant elephant bird Aepyornis maximus
Family: Aepyornithidae (Elephant Birds) - extinct
Digue Market
Madagascar
November 19, 2025
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Bob and shop owner with elephant bird egg
Giant elephant bird Aepyornis maximus
Family: Aepyornithidae (Elephant Birds) - extinct
Digue Market
Madagascar
November 19, 2025
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Bob and elephant bird mural
Giant elephant bird Aepyornis maximus
Family: Aepyornithidae (Elephant Birds) - extinct
Ranomafana National Park
Madagascar
November 1, 2025
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