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Occurrence record: Ornithology:A.4559

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae Vieillot, 1823 | Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number A.4559
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3005704,urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:A.4559"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector A. Morton
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3011675
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Supplied scientific name "Nycticorax caledonicus hilli"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
Subspecies Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -12.45
Supplied as: "-12.45"
Longitude 130.8
Supplied as: "130.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Darwin
Location remarks Australia, Northern Territory, Port Darwin (12° 27' S, 130° 48' E), Morton, Mr Alexander - Australian Museum(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 27' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 48' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Anson Beagle
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DALY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 135941.0 frequency
    Species Richness 7490.0 frequency