Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 16. (ca. 1799). Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40. / https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0000-0099/coll0040/
Additional Source Text:
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) wrote, in his 16th Lecture (ca. 1799): "147. White front headed Parrot of Martinique. the front of the head encircling the Eyes are white; throat red; Body green; a dull crimson on the under part of the body; wing quills blue; red on the under part of the tail. Psittacus leucocephalus Linn. Parroquet de la Martinique Buff. pl. enl. 549. White fronted parrot Latham No. 88A. It considerably resembles a parrot of Senegal (Buff. pl. enl. 335) but is [of not] so bright a red on the under part of the body." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Notes:
Despite the English name he gave to the species, Peale’s description (and Martinet’s plate) match the Cuban Amazon, which is not found on Martinique.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Cuban Amazon
Current Scientific Name
Psittacidae | Amazona leucocephala
