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Ashy-headed goose/Oca testa grigia

Chloephaga poliocephala Sclater PL, 1857

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara  scientists

Bernicla poliocephala (Gray)

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel": "The specimens acquired by Mr. Germain had the original designation m. f. Chiloe Dec. 1857. Brown iris" (p. 136).

References

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde: in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, Wien, Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel", p. 136.

P. L. Sclater, "4. Note on the Upland Goose" in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part XXV. 1857, London, Printed for the Society [...] by Messr. Longman, Brown, Green and Londgmans, p. 128.

Links

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=E0DEB0E731794C70

Details

State of
preservation 

Good

Collection
date

April - May 1859

Collection 
place

Valparaiso, Chile

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

A1974

Dimension
(cm)

36x20x42 cm

IUCN index

Lower risk

State of
preservation 

Anoniem  

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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