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 56. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46336751 (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46336752 (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Esquimaux Curlew / Scolopax borealis" in American Ornithology vol. 7 (Pl. 56), where "Peale's Museum, No. 4003" was cited (Wilson 1813: 22).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Current Scientific Name
Scolopacidae | Numenius hudsonicus
