Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1811
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1811). 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 3, Plate 25. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/103/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/97/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Kentucky Warbler / Sylvia formosa" in American Ornithology vol. 3 (Pl. 25), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7786" was cited (Wilson 1811: 81).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Kentucky Warbler
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Geothlypis formosa
