Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale, Lecture on Natural History 14. (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 14th Lecture (ca. 1799): "No. 82. Little Owl. Lath. I. p. 150. n. 41. Edw. 39. t. 228. Chevêche ou petite chouette. Buff. pl. enl. n. 439. Strix passerina Linn. Recd. from France." (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Archives, coll. 40)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Little Owl
Peale's Scientific Name:
Strix passerina
Current Common Name:
Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
Current Scientific Name
Strigidae | Glaucidium passerinum
