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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B30898

Preserved specimen of Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) | Gull-billed Tern
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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 B30898
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B30898
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton (part)|Dry
Collector Unknown
Sex Unknown
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

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 Altona
Latitude -37.87
Supplied as: "-37.87"
Longitude 144.82
Supplied as: "144.82"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Altona
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    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 WERRIBEE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Wyndham - Altona
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Altona
    Indigenous Regions 2021 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 Gellibrand
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hobsons Bay (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hobsons Bay - Altona
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HOBSONS BAY CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2218
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALTONA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBSONS BAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GELLIBRAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WYNDHAM - ALTONA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALTONA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN METROPOLITAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Williamstown (Western Metropolitan)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Altona
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hobsons Bay
    Postal Areas 2021 3018
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21302134132
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Altona
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobsons Bay
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Melbourne
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 144111.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2908.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 549.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 166.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.27
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 570.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 129.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 36.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 122.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.59277 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 127.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 60.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 168.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.323128 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 370.11057
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 14.233334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.79
    Elevation 7.0 m