Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1805
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, "A Walk through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805-1806). Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481.
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in "A Walk Through the Philad[elphi]a Museum" (1805–1806): "The weaver Oriole (oriolus Textor) is a small and a precious bird, it is from Senegal." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
Notes:
Multiple similarly-colored species in the genus Ploceus occur in Senegal, which confounds identification of Peale’s specimen.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Unidentified weaver
Current Scientific Name
Ploceidae | Ploceus sp.
