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Occurrence record: Bird:T2040

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1972-10-21
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "Bird"
Catalog number T2040
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Bird:T2040
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skin
Identified by D. Rogers  
Identified date 1996
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1996

Event

Occurrence date 1972-10-21
Supplied as year:1972  month:10  day:21 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Identified to rank species
Common name Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1789)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Wessel Islands
Datum
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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