Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1805
Notes:
Peale’s comment about the Banda islands (Indonesia) was probably copied from George Edwards (1694-1773), whose illustration of the “The great crowned pigeon from the Island of Banda in the East Indies” appeared on Pl. 338 of Gleanings of Natural History (1764), shown here.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Western Crowned Pigeon
Current Scientific Name
Columbidae | Goura cristata
