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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1993:2:0028

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae Vieillot, 1823 | Torresian Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1992-05-18
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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:1993:2:0028
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skeleton
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1992-05-18
Supplied as year:1992.0  month:05  day:18.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Supplied scientific name "Ardea novaehollandiae"
Identified to rank subspecies
Supplied as "species"
Common name Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Ardeiformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Supplied as "Ardea"
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Tasmania
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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