Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 39. (ca. 1799). Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40. / https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/coll0040/
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in his 39th Lecture (ca. 1799), after describing the Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferous) and Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor): "These are all the species [of Caprimulgidae] which I have found in Pennsylvania, but I had a Night-hawk from Georgia much larger than either of these." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Chuck-will's-widow / Caprimulgus carolinensis" in American Ornithology vol. 6 (Pl. 54), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7723" was cited (Wilson 1812: 95). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175484#page/125/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175484#page/121/mode/1up (plate)
Notes:
In an apparent typographical error, Wilson (1812: 65, American Ornithology vol. 5) gave the same number (7723) for the Common Nighthawk male.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Chuck-will's-Widow
Current Scientific Name
Caprimulgidae | Antrostomus carolinensis
