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 58. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/65/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/56/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Solitary Sandpiper / Tringa solitaria" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 58), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7763" was cited (Wilson 1813: 53).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Solitary Sandpiper
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Tringa solitaria
