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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE17397

Preserved specimen of Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) | Lesser Crested Tern recorded on 1909-11-18
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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 BE17397
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE17397
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector Archer, R.H.  
Supplied as "R H. Archer"
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 1909-11-18
Supplied date "1909-11-18T00:00:00\1909-11-18T00:00:00"
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 Oyster Cay [= Reef], 35 km NNE of Cairns
Latitude -16.63
Supplied as: "-16.63"
Longitude 145.77
Supplied as: "145.77"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Oyster Cay [= Reef], 35 km NNE of Cairns
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Gazetteer
Municipality Cairns
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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