Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1814). 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 8, Plate 72. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175758#page/169/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175758#page/154/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Sooty Tern / Sterna fuliginosa" in American Ornithology vol. 8, published posthumously (Pl. 72), where "Peale's Museum, No. 3459" was cited (Wilson 1814: 145).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Sooty Tern
Current Scientific Name
Laridae | Onychoprion fuscatus
