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Red-necked Grebe

Drawn by F.-N. Martinet (1731-1800) for Daubenton, E. L. Planches enluminées d’histoire naturelle (1765-83). Tome 10, Plate 931. Paris, France. Smithsonian Libraries & Biodiversity Heritage Library (QL674.M385 1765) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109417#page/69/mode/1up

IMAGE INFORMATION

Red-necked Grebe (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

By May 1822

Primary Source Reference:

A Catalogue of Duplicate Specimens of Subjects in Natural History belonging to the Philadelphia Museum Comp[any], May 1822. [unpublished] APS Library Mss.B.P31.

Additional Source Text:

A mounted specimen of "Red Neck [Duck]" was listed, which may have been this species (APS Library, Mss.B.P31).

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Red-necked Grebe

Current Scientific Name

Podicipedidae | Podiceps grisegena