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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE14718

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 BE14718
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE14718
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector Unknown
Individual count 2
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 New South Wales
Locality Hay area, S of Murrumbidgee R
Latitude -34.5
Supplied as: "-34.5"
Longitude 144.83
Supplied as: "144.83"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Hay area, S of Murrumbidgee R
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol Approximation
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) Riverina
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Murrumbidgee
    NRM Regions 2010 Murrumbidgee
    NRM Regions 2017 Riverina
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Riverina
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Riverina
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Riverina
    IBRA 7 Regions Riverina
    IBRA 7 Subregions Murrumbidgee
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Central Murray
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Central Murray
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Riverina - Orange
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Farrer
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hay (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HAY SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Riverina
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 518
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HAY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LOWER MURRAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FARRER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CENTRAL MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) RIVERINA - ORANGE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURRAY-DARLING
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Murray
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Hay
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hay
    Postal Areas 2021 2711
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10902117702
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Hay
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Lower Murray
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Murray
    Tourism Regions 2021 Riverina
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2339.0 frequency
    Species Richness 495.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 341.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 67.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 78.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 100.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 29.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.94
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 369.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 92.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 23.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 82.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.638195 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 89.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 36.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 104.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.145834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 29.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.116667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.708333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.316668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.107677 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 571.41156
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.7 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.27
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.55
    Elevation 89.0 m