Nesting colony of rhino auklet along rocky seashore. The rhinoceros auklet is a seabird feeding on small fish. Its name is derived from a horn-like extension of the beak which is only present in breeding adults. (Family: alcidae; binomial name: cerorhinca monocerata).

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Creator

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Subject

• Rhinoceros auklet
• Seashore ecology
• Birds
• Sea birds
• Landscapes
• Birds--Nests
• Sea birds--Habitat

Language

• eng

Identifier

• COWAN_PH_163; Cowan_PN_760; Cowan Colour Slides - Locations - Box 7

Date created

• May 1946

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 slide : colour

Alternative title

• Nesting colony of rhinoceros auklet

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Kunghit Island

Coordinates

• 52.0968, -131.06621

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.

Genre

• photographs
• color photographs
• color slides
• slides (photographs)

Fonds title

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Fonds identifier

• AR514

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Digitized by Briony Penn. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact UVic Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original resource and for reproduction requests. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/gs4a-9j41

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