Macquarie Island

Statistics

Occurrence records 176,784
Species level 174,964
Species 566
Taxa 856
Datasets 97
Time range 1879 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 44
No WoRMS match 111
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 31
No accepted name available 11

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 171,080 745
eventDate 2,520 0
maximumDepthInMeters 170,627 0
minimumDepthInMeters 170,783 0
occurrenceStatus 168,431 0
scientificName 114 0
scientificNameID 756 37

Spatial issues

Records on land 11
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 226

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
166,037
Lepidonotothen squamifrons (Günther, 1880)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
843
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
572
Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
565
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
475
Leucocarbo purpurascens (Brandt, 1837)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
447
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
410
Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther, 1880
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
336
Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
270
Phoebetria palpebrata (Forster, 1785) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
266

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2024
Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2018
Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2015
Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
4 2014
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
3 2013
Euphausia vallentini Stebbing, 1900
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2013
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2013
Euphausia triacantha Holt & Tattersall, 1906
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2013
Clausocalanus brevipes Frost & Fleminger, 1968
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
5 2013
Clausocalanus laticeps Farran, 1929
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
5 2013