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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE14906

Preserved specimen of Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) | Lesser Crested Tern recorded on 1909-11-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number BE14906
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE14906
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector Archer, R.H.  
Supplied as "R H. Archer"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 4 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1909-11-15
Supplied date "1909-11-15T00:00:00\1909-11-15T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae
Scientific name Thalasseus bengalensis
Supplied scientific name "Sterna bengalensis torresii"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name Lesser Crested Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Thalasseus
Supplied as "Sterna"
Species Thalasseus bengalensis
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet torresii
Scientific name authorship (Lesson, 1831)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Queensland
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Upolu Cay
Latitude -16.67
Supplied as: "-16.67"
Longitude 145.93
Supplied as: "145.93"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Upolu Cay
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol Geoscience Australia - Place names website
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 205ff926-48b6-4093-b1e8-3827bc0a49e7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna bengalensis torresii
    Coordinates -16.67,145.93
    Related records
    Record UUID 27636253-9d83-474b-a317-0898e6487b7d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna bengalensis torresii
    Coordinates -16.67,145.93
    Record UUID faaf0b72-6838-43e7-b784-7d17d33dfc65
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)
    Coordinates -16.67,145.93
    Record UUID b2a1e79f-8d0c-493e-b4a1-dc4b8c4b41d9
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)
    Coordinates -16.67,145.93
    Record UUID 75c20dc6-1a6d-45b2-b8b6-4c1dfae44856
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna bengalensis torresii
    Coordinates -16.67,145.93

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Reef
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK