Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
16 November 1827
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, 15 November 1827. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481.
Additional Source Text:
A "three toed woodpecker Picus tridactylus from Maine" was presented by Mr. E. Abadie on 15 November 1827, as recorded in the Peale Museum Accessions Book (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coll. 0481).
Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803–1857) described this species under the name "Northern Three-toed Woodpecker / Picus tridactylus" in his continuation of American Ornithology vol. 2 (1828, Pl. 14). Bonaparte (1828: 64) cited "Philadelphia Museum, Male" but provided no number. His plate was based on a drawing by Alexander Rider, engraved by Alexander Lawson (ca. 1772-1846) / https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AFKPEJIASN54OC8L/pages/AUMHQP5K… (text) / https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AFKPEJIASN54OC8L/pages/AW4VWM7T… (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Current Scientific Name
Picidae | Picoides dorsalis
