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Occurrence record: Ornithology:R475

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae Vieillot, 1823 | Torresian Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1905-02-03
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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 R475
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:R475
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Immature
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

Event

Occurrence date 1905-02-03
Supplied date "1905-02-03T00:00:00\1905-02-03T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae
Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Supplied scientific name "Nycticorax caledonicus hilli"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
Supplied common name "Nankeen Night-Heron"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet hilli
Subspecies Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Captive, aviary
Verbatim locality Captive, aviary
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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