Birdorable 200: Dodo

July 30, 2009 in New Birds, Pigeons & Doves and Birdorable Bonanza 2009 with 10 comments

This post was last updated on November 13, 2010

We present you the 200th Birdorable bird: the Dodo. We often get requests for new birds to make and the Dodo has been one of the most requested ones. The Dodo was a large flightless bird in the Columbidae family, related to pigeons and doves. It was found on the island of Mauritius and has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is something of an icon of extinction as it occurred in modern times. Our Birdorable Dodo is based on reconstructions of the bird that can be found in museums around the world. We usually show a real photo of the bird here, but with this extinct bird we could find only drawings like this one:

That concludes our Birdorable Bonanza. For the last 17 days we've been adding a new Birdorable bird to the site every day. The sale ends Friday night, so you still have a chance to get some of our cute Birdorable products at 20% to 50% off:

- Organic Baby T-Shirts - $21.50 to $17.20
- Organic Kids T-Shirts - $25 $20
- Bibs - $12.50 to $6.25
- Organic Men's Fitted T-Shirts - $30 to $21
- Organic Women's Fitted Tees - $30 to $21
- Oval Ornaments - $12.50 to $6.25
- Round Ornaments - $12.50 to $6.25
- Round Magnets - $5 to $3
- Rectangle Magnets - $6 to $3.50

- Tote Bags - $24.50 to $14.70
- Mousepads - $15 to $12
- Wall Clocks - 25 to $12.50
- Regular Mugs - $17 to $11.90
- Large Mugs - $18 to $12.60
- Steins - $20 to $14
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Comments

Canaduck on July 31, 2009 at 12:14 AM wrote:

Hahah the vintage drawing is hilarious and adorable. An extinct birdorable is a really cool choice for bird 200!! Any chance you'll do a passenger pigeon sometime?

Ashira on July 31, 2009 at 10:39 AM wrote:

Yeah, I love the drawing. xD This has been super awesome : D I hope you guys do something like this again - it was exciting! ^___^ And I have to order something today before the sale ends...that's how I am, I never get around to things until the last minute D8

JackR on July 31, 2009 at 11:31 AM wrote:

Yes!!

Birdorable on July 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM wrote:

Thank you for the nice words. It was a lot of fun for us too and we'll definitely do it again. :)

jibi on August 6, 2009 at 6:44 PM wrote:

thanks for adding all the birds! they were the ones i wanted to see on birdorable!

abigail on February 27, 2010 at 2:10 PM wrote:

Do you think that anyone is going to put up the emu?:b

Heather Richards on November 26, 2016 at 6:39 PM wrote:

Dip da dee da dee di do do! 🐹

SNOW LAVI on September 21, 2017 at 12:35 AM wrote:

OMG DOODOO

Andrew on November 21, 2018 at 4:39 AM wrote:

the dodo bird has gray feathers

Spurwing Plover on April 21, 2020 at 5:18 AM wrote:

And featured in Lewis Carrol's classic kids book ALICE IN WONDERLAND and in Popeye cartoon POPEYE AND THE CENTER OF THE EARTH in which Popeye and Olive Oyl ride a three legged one

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