Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 15. (ca. 1799). Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40. / https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/coll0040/
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in his 15th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 106. Lanius forficatus Linn. Female considered as having no crest; forked tail. Crested Shrike, Lath. I. I. p. 158. No. 1. Gobe-mouche huppe de Madagascar, Buff. pl. enl. 189. Male (this probably the female)." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Crested Drongo
Current Scientific Name
Dicruridae | Dicrurus forficatus
