Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1811
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1811). American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States: illustrated with plates engraved and colored from original drawings taken from nature. Volume 3, Plate 19. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46337741 (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46337718 (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Pine-creeping Warbler / Sylvia pinus" in American Ornithology vol. 3 (Wilson 1811, Pl. 19), where "Peale's Museum, No. 7312" was cited (Wilson 1811: 25). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/31/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175516#page/8/mode/1up (plate)
An unmounted specimen of "Motacilla pinus (Pine creeping W)" was listed in "A Catalogue of Duplicate Specimens...", May 1822. [unpublished] American Philosophical Society Library (Mss.B.P31).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Pine Warbler
Current Scientific Name
Parulidae | Setophaga pinus
