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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE392

Preserved specimen of Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) | Lesser Crested Tern recorded on 1891-11-23
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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 BE392
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE392
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector Barnard, H.G.  
Supplied as "H G. Barnard"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1891-11-23
Supplied date "1891-11-23T00:00:00\1891-11-23T00:00:00"
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 South Barnard Islands
Latitude -17.73
Supplied as: "-17.73"
Longitude 146.17
Supplied as: "146.17"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality South Barnard Islands
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 1ac14548-82a2-4a67-876b-d8d8edfc9492
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna bengalensis torresii
    Coordinates -17.73,146.17
    Related records
    Record UUID 25e17e2e-8db0-4cab-9ec1-92d23318e014
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna bengalensis torresii
    Coordinates -17.73,146.17
    Record UUID c81a5c67-2b4c-4f45-94ea-f5dbc6582c32
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna bengalensis torresii
    Coordinates -17.73,146.17

    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 Wet Tropic Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL