Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
30 June 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, 30 June 1813. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481.
Additional Source Text:
On 30 June 1813, "Feathers of the Tail of the Red-Tail Tropic-Bird, from the Pacific Ocean, near the Islands Tongotaboo [Tongatapu]" were donated by M. Bacon, as recorded in the Peale Museum Accessions Book (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Red-tailed tropicbird
Current Scientific Name
Phaethontidae | Phaeton rubricauda
