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

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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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.

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Title Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/eb788f1a-7d97-4346-b7a0-108ce88c6a9f
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/10/1952 - 13/03/1953
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/royal-penguin-eudyptes-schlegeli-observations-at-north-head-macquarie-island-1952-531