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Greater Flamingo (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

October 1811

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, October 1811. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481, p. 57

Additional Source Text:

In October 1811, a "Flaming[o] ... from Malta" donated by Henry Harrison was entered in the Peale Museum Accessions Book, p. 57 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481).

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Greater Flamingo

Current Scientific Name

Phoenicopteridae | Phoenicopterus roseus