MCZ Ornithology 359386

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1840-01-01/1840-12-31

Europe: Iceland | Eldey

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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. 25
  • additional number: MCZ9386
  • additional number: Parkin no XVI
  • additional number: Tomkinson no. 44
  • egg set mark: Z 9386
  • original number: Egg no. 60

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

Attribute Value Determination On
unformatted measurements length 121.02 mm; width 75.98 mm By: Katherine Eldridge

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  • Tuke's Egg. Believed to be from Eldey, off the coast of Iceland circa 1840. Alfred Newton believed this egg to have been laid by the same bird as "Newton's Egg" currently at Cambridge University. It was purchased a year after it's supposed collection by Mr. Tuke. It was sold at his death The egg was sold in 1912 to John Thayer who in time donated it to the MCZ.

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  • Continent:
  • Europe
  • Country:
  • Iceland
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Eldey
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Iceland, Eldey
  • Locality Remarks:
  • see specimen remarks
  • Georeference:
  • 63.7395080°, -22.966522° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-26 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-26)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1840-01-01 / 1840-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1840
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Date: see specimen remarks
  • Collector:
  • None

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Media type: text; Ornithology 359376; 359377; 359378; 359379; 359380; 359381; 359382; 359383; 359384; 359385; 359386; 359387; 359388; 359389; 359390; 359391; 359392; 359393; 359394; 359395; 359396; 359397; 359398; 359399; 359400 Description: MCZ Ornithology Egg Collection eggs-008226, pg.47;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Orn:359376 Chlidonias leucoptera to MCZ:Orn...

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