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Hall's giant-petrel/Ossifraga del Sud

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Zoology

Hall's giant-petrel/Ossifraga del Sud

Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara  scientists

procellaria gigantea Gmel.

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel":

"Procellaria gigantea Gmel.
Atlantic Ocean, between Rio de Janeiro and the Cape, Indian Ocean near S.Paolo
Female killed on 11 September 1857 at 31° 40' South and 12° 41' West by Baron Wullerstorf. Iris yellow/light sulphur. Light greenish beak. Legs lead grey 2' 7", flight distance 5' 5" ½
Zelebor." (p.144)

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. 144

J. F. Gmelin (ed. by), Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, etc., Lipsiae [Leipzig], impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer, 1788-1793, ed. 13, 3 vols., vol. I, pt. 2, p. 563

 

Links

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=C1706A8B

Details

State of
preservation 

mediocre

Collection
date

11 September 1857

Collection 
place

Atlantic Ocean, near the islands of St. Paul 31° 40' South and 12° 41' West

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

1903

Dimension
(cm)

57x42x46 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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