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 Glossy finch (F. Nitens) of Brazil, does not well agree with the Name, it has not the glossy dress." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Notes:
Linnaeus (1766, Systema Naturae) described “Turdus nitens” (= Cape Starling, Lamprotornis nitens) from an African specimen (Angola), so it is likely that Peale’s specimen, which was evidently from Brazil, was misidentified. It is unidentifiable without more information.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Unidentified grackle / blackbird
Current Scientific Name
Icteridae | Quiscalus sp.?
