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Occurrence record: Birds:B21020

Preserved specimen of Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F. Miller, 1778 | King Penguin recorded on 1980-03-22
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number B21020
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Birds:B21020
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skeleton complete
Sex unknown
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 3 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation B21020
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1980-03-22
Verbatim event date 22MAR1980
Date precision DAY

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 Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Locality SPIT BAY SOUTH, HEARD ISLAND
Latitude -53.0
Supplied as: "-53"
Longitude 73.5
Supplied as: "73.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality SPIT BAY SOUTH, HEARD ISLAND
Water body not applicable
Island Heard Island
Island group Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.08333
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 342130cf-1012-4f1c-9325-807ce41dd009
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Coordinates -53.0,73.5
    Related records
    Record UUID c7db7210-3441-4db9-b3f3-a87394ae1677
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Coordinates -53.0,73.5
    Record UUID 973708ab-7b87-4516-bb70-59745f73a72f
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Coordinates -53.0,73.5
    Record UUID b749d322-d9ff-4c9e-b7d3-8552c4373825
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aptenodytes patagonicus
    Coordinates -53.0,73.5

    Additional political boundaries information

    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