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Occurrence record: Eggs:E19027

Preserved specimen of Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F. Miller, 1778 | King Penguin recorded on 1968-03-10
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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 "Eggs"
Catalog number E19027
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Eggs:E19027
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg(s)
Sex Not applicable
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation E19027
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [Ey, A.E.]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:22]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Ey, A.E.  
Occurrence date 1968-03-10
Verbatim event date 10.03.1968
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 Tasmania
Locality Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
Latitude -54.4833
Supplied as: "-54.4833"
Longitude 158.9333
Supplied as: "158.9333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
Water body not applicable
Island Macquarie Island
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS WGS84

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Macquarie Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Macquarie Island
    NRM Regions 2010 South - Macquarie Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region - Macquarie Islands
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Macquarie Island Province
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)