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Menura

Davies, T. "1800" [=1802]. Description of Menura Superba, a Bird of New South Wales. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 6, tab. 22, p. 207. Missouri Botanical Garden & Biodiversity Heritage Library. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13716#page/234/mode/1up

IMAGE INFORMATION

Superb Lyrebird (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

1 October 1807

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, 1 October 1807. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481, p. 25.

Additional Source Text:

On 1 October 1807, "Manura Superba. Male and Female" donated by James Griffiths was entered in the Peale Museum Accessions Book (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481), p. 25

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Superb Lyrebird

Current Scientific Name

Menuridae | Menura novaehollandiae