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Occurrence record: Ornithology:55481

Preserved specimen of Thinornis G.R. Gray, 1845 | Black-fronted Dotterel
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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 55481
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:55481
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector Amalie Dietrich
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

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae
Scientific name Thinornis
Supplied scientific name "Thinornis melanops"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Black-fronted Dotterel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Charadriidae
Genus Thinornis
Species Thinornis melanops
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship G.R. Gray, 1845
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Port Mackay
Latitude -21.12
Supplied as: "-21.12"
Longitude 149.23
Supplied as: "149.23"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Mackay
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
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Shoalwater Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shoalwater Coast
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Dawson
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACKAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MACKAY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8871.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1120.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1536.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 127.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 81.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 734.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 793.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.875 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.675001 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.175 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.95 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.775 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.445 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.875 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.824999 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.45 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0