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 4, Plate 31. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175531#page/61/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175531#page/55/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "White-crowned Bunting / Emberiza leucophrys" in American Ornithology vol. 4 (Pl. 31), where "Peale's Museum, No. 6587" was cited (Wilson 1811: 49).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
White-crowned Sparrow
Current Scientific Name
Passerellidae | Zonotrichia leucophrys
