Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53
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.
Census data from field report by Z Soucek (now deceased), lodged in the AAD archives.
Data and resources
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Collection details at Antarctic Biodiversity databaseHTML Open
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Download the scanned notes.HTML Open
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Citation reference for this metadata record and datasetHTML Open
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Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1952-10-01 – 1953-03-13 |
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| Date (publication) | 2009-04-30 |
| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | This metadata record is publicly available. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |