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Eurasian Pygmy Owl

Drawn by F.-N. Martinet (1731-1800) for Daubenton, E. L. Planches enluminées d’histoire naturelle (1765-83). Tome 5, Plate 439. Paris, France. Smithsonian Libraries & Biodiversity Heritage Library (QL674.M385 1765) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109399#page/85/mode/1up

IMAGE INFORMATION

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

By 1799

Primary Source Reference:

Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 14. (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 14th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 82. Little Owl. Lath. I. p. 150. n. 41. Edw. 39. t. 228. Chevêche ou petite chouette. Buff. pl. enl. n. 439. Strix passerina Linn. Recd. from France." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl

Current Scientific Name

Strigidae | Glaucidium passerinum