Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1813). 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 7, p. 128. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46336871#page/150/mode/1up
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) wrote, in his account of the American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Philadelphia): "In Mr. Peale's collection there is one of the same species, said to have been bought from New Holland, differing little in the markings of its plumage from our own. The red brown on the neck does not descend so far, scarcely occupying any of the breast; it is also somewhat less." (Wilson 1813: 128)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Red-necked Avocet
Current Scientific Name
Recurvirostridae | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
