Image: King Penguin collected during Mawson's Antarctic expedition

King Penguin collected during Mawson's Antarctic expedition

Study skin of a King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), collected during Sir Douglas Mawson's expedition to the Antarctic between 1911-1914.
 

Photographer:
Jaynia Sladek
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
King Penguin
Scientific name:
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Family:
Spheniscidae
Order:
Sphenisciformes
Location:
Ornithology
Date taken:
18 March 2010

Additional information

 O.22034
 

 

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