Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1813). 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 7, Plate 59. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/77/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/73/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Bartram's Sandpiper / Tringa bartramia" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 59), where "Peale's Museum, No. 4040" was cited (Wilson 1813: 63).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Upland Sandpiper
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Bartramia longicauda
