Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 20. (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 20th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 404. Black Capped creeper. Length 5 ¼ Inches; Bill ¾ of an Inch; the upper mandible blackish. The lower light; Head of a velvet black, which descends just below the eye on each side, and as far as the nape behind; the body green; wings & tail darker green, approaching to black at the ends; feet lead colour. Found at Surinam, Brasil, and Guiana. Certhia spiza Linn. Grimpereau à tête noire du Bresil. Buffon pl. enl. 578. Black Headed Creeper Ltham p. 726. No. 28. Green Black Cap Flycatcher Edward No. 25." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Black Capped Creeper
Peale's Scientific Name:
Certhia spiza
Current Common Name:
Green Honeycreeper
Current Scientific Name
Thraupidae | Chlorophanes spiza
