Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 36. (ca. 1799). Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40. / https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/coll0040/
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in his 36th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 1820. Ruby crowned wren. on the top of the head is a spot of a Ruby-red colour, not bordered with black as in the golden crested wren. The general plumage the same. Motacilla calendula Linn. Roitelet rubis Buff. These beautiful little wrens are most commonly found among the low shrubbery. They visit us in the spring & fall." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Ruby-crowned Wren / Sylvia calendula" in American Ornithology vol. 1 (Pl. 5), where "Peale's Museum No. 7244" was cited (Wilson 1808: 83). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175530#page/105/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175530#page/95/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Current Scientific Name
Regulidae | Regulus calendula
