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Occurrence record: AVIF:A19811

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 | Arctic Tern
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A19811
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:19811
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin
Collector Lambert, P.  
Supplied as "Lambert,P."
Sex Female
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Data generalizations Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Migratory

Event

Verbatim event date 1984-11-10
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea
Identified to rank species
Common name Arctic Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna paradisaea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Pontoppidan, 1763
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -33.6
Supplied as: "-33.6"
Longitude 115.0
Supplied as: "115.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality Sugarload Rock
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ngari Capes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ngari Capes
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF BUSSELTON