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White Spoonbill

Drawn by F.-N. Martinet (1731-1800) for Daubenton, E. L. Planches enluminées d’histoire naturelle (1765-83). Tome 5, Plate 405. Paris, France. Smithsonian Libraries & Biodiversity Heritage Library (QL674.M385 1765) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109399#page/17/mode/1up

IMAGE INFORMATION

Eurasian Spoonbill (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

October 1811

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, October 1811. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481.

Additional Source Text:

In October 1811, a "Spoon Bill, from Malta" donated by Henry Harrison was entered in the Peale Museum Accessions Book, p. 57 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481).

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Eurasian Spoonbill

Current Scientific Name

Threskiornithidae | Platalea leucorodia