MCZ Ornithology 342153

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1887-09-01/1887-12-31

North America: Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador | Funk Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Orn:342153 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Alcae Alcidae
Common Name(s): Grand Pingouin; Great Auk
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Plautus impennis
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Alcae Alcidae
Determiner: Owen Frederick Bryant
Nature of ID: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
other (dry) good in collection 3 History
Remarks: 3 sets of gizzard stones
partial skeleton (dry) good in collection 550 History
Remarks: ribs (from collection of various parts)

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  • received from Peabody Museum, Jan. 1928 |

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005801 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Funk Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Funk Island
  • Georeference:
  • 49.7567650°, -53.182737° (Error radius: 2000m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-03-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1887-09-01 / 1887-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Frederic A. Lucas

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