Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1805
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, "A Walk through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805-1806). Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481.
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in "A Walk Through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805–1806): "Those large Kingfishers (No. 2190 & 2191) inhabit the Cape of good hope called Cape Kingfishers (Alcedo capensis)." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Current Scientific Name
Alcedinidae | Pelargopsis capensis
![Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in "A Walk Through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805–1806): "Those large Kingfishers (No. 2190 & 2191) inhabit the Cape of good hope called Cape Kingfishers (Alcedo capensis)."](/sites/default/files/2026-04/Kingfishers_Walk.png)
