Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1811
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1811). 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 3, Plate 20. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/37/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/34/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Clark's Crow / Corvus columbianus" in American Ornithology vol. 3 (Pl. 20), where "Peale's Museum, No. 1371" was cited (Wilson 1811: 29): "The figure in the plate was drawn with particular care, after a minute examination and measurement of the only preserved skin that was saved; and which is now deposited in Mr. Peale's Museum."
Notes:
For details about the 1807 timeline of Lewis's specimens, see Matthew R. Halley, 2023, “The forgotten history of Oreortyx pictus (mountain quail), discovered by the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1806,” Archives of Natural History 50: 337-346. / https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2023.0865 / https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2023.0865
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Clark's Nutcracker
Current Scientific Name
Corvidae | Nucifraga columbiana
