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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1985:2:0407

Preserved specimen of Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 | Australian Pelican recorded on 1895-10-27
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number QVM:1985:2:0407
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1895-10-27
Supplied as year:1895.0  month:10  day:27.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pelecanus conspicillatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Pelican
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Pelecaniformes
Family Pelecanidae
Genus Pelecanus
Species Pelecanus conspicillatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Temminck, 1824
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Albatross Island
Habitat
Supplied as "near sea shore among reeds and pig face weeds"
Latitude -40.38333
Supplied as: "-40.38333"
Longitude 144.65
Supplied as: "144.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.375 °C