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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B30607

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) striata Gmelin, 1789 | White-fronted Tern recorded on 1959-08-15
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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 B30607
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B30607
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton|Dry
Collector A C. Beauglehole
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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 1959-08-15
Supplied date "1959-08-15T00:00:00\1959-08-15T00:00:00"
End day of year 227
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 227

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae
Scientific name Sterna (Sterna) striata
Supplied scientific name "Sterna striata"
Identified to rank species
Common name White-fronted Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna striata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gmelin, 1789
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Portland, Discovery Bay, Nobels Rocks to Swan Lake
Latitude -38.2
Supplied as: "-38.2"
Longitude 141.3
Supplied as: "141.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Portland, Discovery Bay, Nobels Rocks to Swan Lake
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Bridgewater
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bridgewater
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gournditch Mara and Essential Petroleum Resources Ltd
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glenelg (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glenelg - Heywood
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLENELG SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 721
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG (VIC.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS - GLENELG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLENELG NORTH - HEYWOOD
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Glenelg
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca shrublands and open shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Melaleuca forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2524.0 frequency
    Species Richness 859.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 808.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 323.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 323.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 883.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 344.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 25.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 112.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 42.107075 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 112.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 121.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 344.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.554167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.900002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.491667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.246548 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 295.0151
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.933333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 56.0 m