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Occurrence record: Birds:O18159

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1979-11-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Birds
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number O18159
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O18159
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skull
Sex Juvenile
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes N39004

Event

Occurrence date 1979-11-08
Verbatim event date 08 Nov 1979
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Supplied scientific name "Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet caledonicus
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1789)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Raine Is
Latitude -11.466667
Supplied as: "-11.466667"
Longitude 144.05
Supplied as: "144.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes N39004
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 28' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 3' East

Additional properties

object id VE16367

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    Biodiversity
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    Marine
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