Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census and observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53

doi:10.15468/3oelhj

Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census and observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53

Citation

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2022). Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census and observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3oelhj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nests for the determination of hatching periods, size of clutches and variations in the dimensions of the eggs.

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North Head, Macquarie Island.

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Contacts

originator
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au

Dave Connell
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
email: Dave.Connell@aad.gov.au