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 Genus Struthio, ostrich, contains only two species, one African and one of South America." (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481)
On 17 December 1804, a "South American Ostrich Egg" was donated by Francis McCauley, as recorded in the Peale Museum Accessions Book (HSP, coll. 0481).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Rhea
Current Scientific Name
Rheidae | Rhea americana
