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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1985:2:0492

Preserved specimen of Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817 | Australian Pied Oystercatcher recorded on 1919-10-16
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number QVM:1985:2:0492
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1919-10-16
Supplied as year:1919.0  month:10  day:16.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Haematopus longirostris
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Haematopodidae
Genus Haematopus
Species Haematopus longirostris
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1817
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Cloudy Bay
Habitat
Supplied as "nest in bare sand just above high tide mark"
Latitude -43.46665
Supplied as: "-43.46665"
Longitude 147.21665
Supplied as: "147.21665"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)