Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1805
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): "The Colared Cuckow (C. Coromandus) is remarkable for its long Crest & in Buffons coloured plates it is under the name of Crested Cuckow of Coramandt." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Current Scientific Name
Cuculidae | Clamator coromandus
