Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1813). American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States: illustrated with plates engraved and colored from original drawings taken from nature. Volume 7, Plate 59. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/85/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/73/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Golden Plover / Charadrius pluvialis" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 59), where "Peale's Museum, No. 4198" was cited (Wilson 1813: 71).
Two unmounted specimens of "Charadrius pluvialis (Golden Plover)", from Florida and Missouri, respectively, were listed in "A Catalogue of Duplicate Specimens...", May 1822. [unpublished] American Philosophical Society Library (Mss.B.P31).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
American Golden-Plover
Current Scientific Name
Charadriidae | Pluvialis dominica
