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Occurrence record: AVIF:A6600

Preserved specimen of Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F. Miller, 1778 | King Penguin
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A6600
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:6600
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Abbotsmith, J.  
Supplied as "Abbotsmith,J."
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aptenodytes patagonicus
Identified to rank species
Common name King Penguin
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Sphenisciformes
Family Spheniscidae
Genus Aptenodytes
Species Aptenodytes patagonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship J.F. Miller, 1778
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Sub antarctic island
Locality Heard Island
Latitude -53.116667
Supplied as: "-53.116667"
Longitude 73.333333
Supplied as: "73.333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Heard
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Municipality Heard Island
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 53°07`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 73°20`00"E

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    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Heard Island and McDonald Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Heard Island and McDonald Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Heard and McDonald Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 Heard and McDonald Islands
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve