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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.88436.002

Preserved specimen of Platalea (Platalea) regia Gould, 1838 | Royal Spoonbill recorded on 2025-03-12
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number O.88436.002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10546360,urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.88436.002"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Taronga Registry of Health & Taronga Conservation Society Australia
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Pathology sample
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Pathology sample]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10082822
Occurrence date 2025-03-12
Supplied date "2025-03-12/2025-03-12"
Sampling protocol Pathology sample  
End day of year 71
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 71

Taxonomy

Scientific name Platalea (Platalea) regia
Supplied scientific name "Platalea regia Gould, 1838"
Identified to rank species
Common name Royal Spoonbill
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Threskiornithidae
Genus Platalea
Species Platalea regia
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Platalea regia Gould, 1838
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1838
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gould, 1838

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Verbatim locality Barmah-Millewa Forest, Gulpa Creek, Macquarie Marshes, Junction Wetland (closest town Mathoura NSW)
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Barmah-Millewa Forest, Gulpa Creek, Macquarie Marshes, Junction Wetland (closest... 12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025, Taronga Registry of Health(Collector and donor), Taronga Conservation Society Australia(Collector and donor), Pathology sample
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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