Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 25, 1794
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 25 Jan 1794
Additional Source Text:
"Because if its bill resembling a crooked awl."
Notes:
The American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is one of four species of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, "curved backwards" and rostrum, "bill."
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Avosette (sheomaker)
Current Common Name:
American avocet
Current Scientific Name
Recurvirostra americana
