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Occurrence record: AVIF:A38966

Preserved specimen of Papasula abbotti (Ridgway, 1893) | Abbott's Booby
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A38966
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:38966
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin; Dry
Collector 1.  Flakus   2.  , S.   3.  Australia, Parks  
Supplied as "Flakus, S., Parks Australia"
Sex M
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered

Event

Verbatim event date 21/5/2014
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Papasula abbotti
Identified to rank species
Common name Abbott's Booby
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Pelecaniformes
Supplied as "Suliformes"
Family Sulidae
Genus Papasula
Species Papasula abbotti
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Ridgway, 1893)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Australian Territory
Locality Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
Latitude -10.483333
Supplied as: "-10.483333"
Longitude 105.616667
Supplied as: "105.616667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Municipality Christmas Island
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10°29`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 105°37`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Christmas Island
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Indian Tropical Islands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Christmas Island
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Other Territories
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorp. Other Territories
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 9
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CHRISTMAS - COCOS (KEELING) IS.
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    World Country Boundaries Christmas Island

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.216667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 75.0 %