Double mount of a Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus)

For birds as well as for mammals, it is possible to make so called “ Double mounts” . This means you can have two mounts out of one specimen. In the regular mounting procedure it is custom to use certain parts of the skeleton such as the beak and nails. Therefor you have to choose rather to make a skeleton OR a mounted bird. With this procedure you don’t have to choose anymore, it can be done both. Molds will be made from certain parts and the casts out of these molds are painted. After assembling there is the skeleton and a skinmount ! below an example.