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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1979:2:0052

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 Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number QVM:1979:2:0052
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skeletal material*
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1978, Month: 11, Day:
Supplied as year:1978.0  month:11 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aptenodytes patagonicus
Supplied scientific name "Aptenodytes patagonica"
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 Finch Creek
Latitude -54.56665
Supplied as: "-54.56665"
Longitude 158.91666
Supplied as: "158.91666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    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)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 4.695833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %