Scientists were unsure of which dodo species actually existed because records of the bird were inconsistent and unreliable.

The dodo had downy grey feathers with a white tail plume. The backside of the dodo was believed to have a tuft of lightly coloured feathers ...

Two male Rodrigues solitaires fight over a female in the background using club-like wings ... Mauritian bird, this wasn't in fact a Dodo, but the Rodrigues solitaire. If you look up Rodrigues ...

We do know it moved quickly ... artists tended to make newly discovered animals look like bits of meat on legs. It was the same with the dodo - they wanted it to be more spectacular than any bird that ...