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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B4071

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 | Arctic Tern
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Dataset

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 B4071
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B4071
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector Downes, M.C.  
Supplied as "M C. Downes"
Sex Female
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
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 Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea
Supplied scientific name "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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia
Country Australia
Locality Heard Island, Atlas Cove
Latitude -53.02
Supplied as: "-53.02"
Longitude 73.47
Supplied as: "73.47"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Heard Island, Atlas Cove
Island Heard Island
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
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Heard Island and McDonald Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Heard Island and McDonald Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Heard and McDonald Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 Heard and McDonald Islands
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %