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

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).