Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1810
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1810). 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 2, Plate 17. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/153/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/152/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Pine Finch / Fringilla pinus in American Ornithology vol. 2 (Pl. 17), where "Peale's Museum No. 6577" was cited (Wilson 1810: 133). The species was given a different English name ("American Siskin") on Pl. 17 of the same work.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Pine Siskin
Current Scientific Name
Fringillidae | Carduelis pinus
