Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
By 1810
Primary Source Reference:
Alexander Wilson (1810). 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 2, Plate 13. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Robert Carr / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/89/mode/1up (text) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175511#page/77/mode/1up (plate)
Additional Source Text:
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) described this species under the name "Small green, crested flycatcher / Muscicapa querula" in American Ornithology vol. 2 (Pl. 13), where "Peale's Museum No. 6825" was cited (Wilson 1810: 77).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Acadian Flycatcher
Current Scientific Name
Tyrannidae | Empidonax virescens
