Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1812
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1812). 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 5, Plate 37. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175520#page/33/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175520#page/8/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Fish Crow / Corvus ossifragus" in American Ornithology vol. 5 (Pl. 37), where "Peale's Museum, No. 1369" was cited (Wilson 1812: 27).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Fish Crow
Current Scientific Name
Corvidae | Corvus ossifragus
