Black Swan (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

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): "Some years back a black swan (A. strata) was not known, but New Holland has furnished us with one." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Black Swan

Current Scientific Name

Anatidae | Cygnus atratus