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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE7658

Preserved specimen of Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) | Gull-billed Tern recorded on 1932-11-24
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number BE7658
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE7658
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector S L Harvey
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 1932-11-24
Supplied date "1932-11-24T00:00:00\1931-11-12T00:00:00"
End day of year 329
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 329

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae
Scientific name Gelochelidon nilotica
Supplied scientific name "Sterna nilotica macrotarsa"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name Gull-billed Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Gelochelidon
Supplied as "Sterna"
Species Gelochelidon nilotica
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet macrotarsa
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1789)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Lake Wongan, Skipton
Latitude -37.6
Supplied as: "-37.6"
Longitude 143.15
Supplied as: "143.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lake Wongan, Skipton
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Agricultural Commodities 3.3.1 Cereals
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Victorian Volcanic Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HOPKINS RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 South-West Central Victoria
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Moyne - Ararat - Pyrenees
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Victoria exc. Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Wannon
    Local Government Areas 2011 Pyrenees (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Pyrenees - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PYRENEES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1302
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ARARAT REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOYNE - ARARAT - PYRENEES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) RIPON
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Ripon (Western Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Ararat Surrounds
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Vic.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Pyrenees
    Postal Areas 2021 3373
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Ararat Surrounds
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Grampians
    Statistical Areas Level 4 North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Central Highlands
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Wet tussock grassland with herbs, sedges or rushes, herblands or ferns
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1009.0 frequency
    Species Richness 268.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 584.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 177.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 187.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.42
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 606.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 175.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 31.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 106.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 22.561068 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 106.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 192.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.904167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.300001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.066667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.558333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.60658 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 408.25827
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.0 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.97
    Elevation 288.0 m