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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B17620

Preserved specimen of Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F. Miller, 1778 | King Penguin recorded on 1956-07-21
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B17620
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B17620
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skull|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 1956-07-21
Supplied date "1956-07-21T00:00:00\1956-07-21T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae
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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality South Arm
Latitude -43.03
Supplied as: "-43.03"
Longitude 147.4
Supplied as: "147.4"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality South Arm
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 610.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 162.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 132.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 144.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 172.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.575001 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.575 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.925 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6749997 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.675 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.98
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.15 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.325 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96750003