Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 1765
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 1
Additional Source Text:
"C'ést une sorte de Coq d'inde de l'Amérique Espagnole, ceux y viennent de la Baye de Honduras."
Trans.: It is a kind of coq d'Inde from Spanish America, these came from the Bay of Honduras
Notes:
The black curassow (Crax alector) is also known as the smooth-billed curassow, crested curassow, and powis.
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
Du Simitière's Common Name:
Curassow
Current Common Name:
Black curassow
Current Scientific Name
Crax alector
