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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B61254

Preserved specimen of Sternula nereis nereis (Gould, 1843) | Australian Fairy Tern recorded on 1908-01-16
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B61254
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:818736"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector Cole, C F
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation Endangered

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:247199
Occurrence date 1908-01-16
Supplied date "16/01/1908"
End day of year 16
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 16

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sternula nereis nereis
Supplied scientific name "Sternula nereis nereis Gould, 1843"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australian Fairy Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sternula
Species Sternula nereis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Infraspecific epithet nereis
Subspecies Sternula nereis nereis
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "Victoria"
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Mud Island
Latitude -35.5522
Supplied as: "-35.5522"
Longitude 139.0019
Supplied as: "139.0019"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 33 08 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 139 00 07 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands The Coorong, Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Murray Lakes and Coorong
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 The Coorong, and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Subregions Murray Lakes and Coorong
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Murray Mallee
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ngarrindjeri Part A Settlement ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Murray Mallee
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Adelaide
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Barker
    Electorates March 2025 Barker
    Local Government Areas 2011 The Coorong (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2023 Coorong
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COORONG DISTRICT COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 103
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 384
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) THE COORONG
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY AND MALLEE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MURRAY MALLEE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MURRAY MALLEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Mackillop
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 The Coorong
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Postal Areas 2021 5264
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 The Coorong
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Murray and Mallee
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Murray River, Lakes and Coorong
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 24344.0 frequency
    Species Richness 551.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 420.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 171.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 171.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.6 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.4
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.82
    Elevation 4.0 m