Taxon data and maps: Aptenodytes patagonicus
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 1079
- Common Name
- King Penguin
- Authority
- Miller,1778
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Is endemic within the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
- Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Aptenodytes
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Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 1319 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1963 to 2008.
1319 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
3 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island. Details | 554 data pts | |
| Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites Details | 54 data pts | |
| King Penguin census data, Gadget Gully, Macquarie Island (1993-2008) Details | 607 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 104 data pts | |
Specialised applications for this taxa
Satellite tracking via ARGOS (1990-present) or
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Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.