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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1978:2:0123

Preserved specimen of Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F. Miller, 1778 | King Penguin recorded on 1970-11-27
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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:1978:2:0123
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1970-11-27
Supplied as year:1970  month:11.0  day:27.0 
Date precision DAY

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 Hasselborough Bay
Latitude -54.5
Supplied as: "-54.5"
Longitude 158.93333
Supplied as: "158.93333"
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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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 25082dbe-daad-4e60-b76b-06af62549906
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aptenodytes patagonica
    Coordinates -54.5,158.93333
    Related records
    Record UUID f3b75c2a-6ca4-481c-8ee7-c2dfe7a8a879
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aptenodytes patagonica
    Coordinates -54.5,158.93333

    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
    IBRA 7 Regions Subantarctic Islands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macquarie Island
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Unknown1
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unknown-1
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %