Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 26. (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 26th Lecture (ca. 1799): "846. 4025. Spotted breast Snipe." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Spotted Sandpiper / Tringa macularia" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 59), where "Peale's Museum, No. 4056" was cited (Wilson 1813: 60). / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/72/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/73/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Spotted Sandpiper
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Actitis macularius
