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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1989:2:0083

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:1989:2:0083
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skull
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1987, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1987.0 
Date precision YEAR

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 Heard and McDonald Islands
Locality Heard Island
Habitat
Supplied as "beachwashed"
Latitude -53.1
Supplied as: "-53.1"
Longitude 74.51666
Supplied as: "74.51666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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