Unidentified "cuckoo" (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

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 other Case contains several Cuckows from New Holland [=Australia] under the names of white throat, Golden wing, and Striped Cuckows." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)

Notes:

More details are needed to identify the species, or even to confirm that it was a cuckoo (Cuculidae).

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Unidentified cuckoo

Current Scientific Name

Cuculidae | Unidentified