Sarcoramphus sacra Bartram, 1791
Bartram's painted vulture
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Vultur sacra Bartram, 1791; Sarcoramphus sacer Bartram, 1791; Sarcoramphus papa sacra Bartram, 1791; Sarcoramphus papa sacer Bartram, 1791
This hypothetical species, based upon two independent reports, is widely regarded as invalid for one reason or another (Mlíkovský, 2015).
Conservation Status
Hypothetical
Last record: 1774 or 1775 (Harper, 1936:381)
Distribution
Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bartram, W. (1791). Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws; containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, together with observations on the manners of the Indians. James & Johnson, Philadelphia, xxxiv + 522 pp.
Other references:
Albin, E. (1738). A natural history of birds. Vol. 2. W. Innys and R. Manby, London, [6] + 92 + [2] pp.
AOU. (1983). Check-list of North American birds. Sixth edition. Washington, D C: American Ornithologists' Union.
Bartram, W. (1792). Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws. Containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions; together with observations on the manners of the Indians. J. Johnson, London, xxiv + 520 + [11] pp.
Bartram, W. (1793). Reisen durch Nord- und Süd-Karolina, Georgie, Ost- und West-Florida, das Gebiet der Tscherokesen, Krihks und Tschaktahs; nebst umständlichen Nachrichten von den Einwohnern, dem Boden und den Naturprodukten diesen wenig bekannten großen Länder. Voss, Berlin, xxvi + 469 pp.
Brisson, M. J. (1760). Ornithologie – Ornithologia. Vol. 1. Paris, Cl. Jean Baptiste Bauche, xxiv + 526 + lxxix pp. (Parallel text in French and Latin)
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
Edwards, G. (1743). A natural history of birds. Vol. 1. The Author, London, xxiv + 53 pp. + 52 pls.
Harper, Francis. (1936). The Vultur sacra of William Bartram. Auk 53(4): 381-392.
Le Page du Pratz , A.-S. (1752). Suite du mémoire sur la Louisiane. Continuation de l’histoire naturelle. Journal Oeconomique, 1752 (Février), 116-144.
Le Page du Pratz, A.-S. (1758). Histoire de la Louisiane. Vol. 2. de Bure, Paris; La Veuve Delaguette, Paris; & Lambert, Paris, 441 pp.
Le Page du Pratz, A.-S. (1763). The history of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina. Vol. 2. T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, London, [5] + 272 pp.
McAtee, W. L. (1942). Bartram's Painted Vulture. Auk 59(1): 104.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2015). The type specimens, type localities and nomenclature of Sarcoramphus vultures (Aves: Cathartidae), with a note on their speciation. Zootaxa 3918 (4): 579-586. [Abstract]
Snyder, Noel F. R. and Fry, Joel T. (2013). Validity of Bartram’s Painted Vulture (Aves: Cathartidae). Zootaxa 3613(1): 61-82. [Abstract]