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/82/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 "Sanderling Plover / Charadrius calidris" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 59), and cited "Peale's Museum, No. 4204" (Wilson 1813: 68).
Wilson (1813: 129) also described a specimen in non-breeding plumage under the name "Ruddy Plover / Charadrius rubidus", while acknowledging that they were likely the same species. In this account, he did not cite a Peale Museum number. / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/151/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175507#page/144/mode/1up (plate)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Sanderling
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Calidris alba
