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 23. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/80/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/72/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described a species under the name "Water Thrush / Turdus aquaticus" in American Ornithology vol. 3 (Pl. 23), where "Peale's Museum, No. 6896" was cited (Wilson 1811: 66). The species is not identifiable, and likely based on specimens of two morphologically similar species: Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) and Louisiana Waterthrush (P. motacilla).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Unidentified waterthrush
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Parkesia sp.
