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Superb Lyrebird (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

1 October 1807

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, 1 October 1807. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481, p. 25.

Additional Source Text:

On 1 October 1807, "Manura Superba. Male and Female" donated by James Griffiths was entered in the Peale Museum Accessions Book (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481), p. 25

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Superb Lyrebird

Current Scientific Name

Menuridae | Menura novaehollandiae