MCZ Ornithology 352820

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2008-04-15

Atlantic Ocean | North Atlantic

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Orn:352820 JSON-LD

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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: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • additional number: Grieve no. 65
  • additional number: MCZ2820
  • additional number: Tomkinson no. 26
  • egg set mark: 2820
  • original number: Egg no. 58

Part Condition Disposition Count
egg (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
unformatted measurements length 121.33 mm; width 78.13 mm By: Katherine Eldridge

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  • Royal College of Surgeons egg no. 9 (William Barbour's Egg). Earliest record of the egg was as one of ten at the Royal College of Surgeons. It was sold (as with MCZ 359392 and 359388) to Robert Champley. The egg was sent to Rowland Ward at Champley's death. It was purchased by the MCZ with money donated by William Barbour.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014206 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • North Atlantic
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • North Atlantic
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2008-04-15
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • William Barbour

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Media type: text; Ornithology 352801; 352802; 352803; 352804; 352805; 352806; 352807; 352808; 352809; 352810; 352811; 352812; 352813; 352815; 352820; 352821; 352822; 352823; 352824; 352825 Description: MCZ Ornithology Egg Collection eggs-002251, pg.23;

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Ledger Entry for: 20 cataloged items from MCZ:Orn:352801 Fulmarus rodgersi to MCZ:Orn:352...

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