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, Plate 57. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/41/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under two different names in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 57). Both birds appeared on Plate 57, engraved by Alexander Lawson (ca.1772-1846). First, an individual in non-breeding plumage was described as "Ash-colored Sandpiper / Tringa cinerea", for which Wilson (1813: 36) cited "Peale's Museum, No. 4060." / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/46/mode/1up (text) / Second, an individual in breeding plumage was described as "Red-breasted Sandpiper / Tringa rufa", for which Wilson (1813: 43) cited "Peale's Museum, No. 4050." / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/53/mode/1up (text)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Red Knot
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Calidris canutus
