Object: Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri
Registration Number  OR.008955
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Sphenisciformes
Family  Spheniscidae
Scientific Name
Aptenodytes forsteri
Identified By  Balham, Ron
Identified Date  1957
Common / Maori name  Emperor Penguin, Penguin
Country collected  Antarctica
Precise locality  Cape Crozier, Ross Island
Collected By  Balham, Ron
Date collected  23 Sep 1957
Section  Birds

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