MCZ Ornithology 359387

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2008-12-09

[no higher geography data] | [no specific locality data]

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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: MCZ9387
  • additional number: Parkin no. XIII
  • additional number: Tomkinson no. 70
  • egg set mark: Z 9387
  • original number: Egg no. 65

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

Attribute Value Determination On
unformatted measurements length 109.87 mm; width 69.72 mm By: Katherine Eldridge

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  • Bidwell's Egg. First record of this egg was as part of the contents of the Little Hermitage sold by Cecil Hulkes without the rarity and importance of the specimens being known. Wallace Hewett purchased this and one other egg (which has subsequently disappeared) guessing their identity. This egg changed hands several times (one of it's owners being Edward Bidwell from whom it got it's name) before being bought by Rowland Ward for John Thayer.

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  • Continent:
  • [no higher geography data]
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2008-12-09
  • 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:
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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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