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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B39087

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Tern recorded on 1972-04-29
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B39087
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:40102"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin
Collector Eckert, H John
Sex Male
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:18179
Occurrence date 1972-04-29
Supplied date "29/04/1972"
End day of year 120
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 120

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sterna (Sterna) hirundo
Supplied scientific name "Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758"
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna hirundo
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Coorong
Latitude -36.0
Supplied as: "-36"
Longitude 139.58
Supplied as: "139.58"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 35 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Tintinara
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Limestone Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tintinara
    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 Murray Mallee
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ngarrindjeri Part A Settlement ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Murray Mallee
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Adelaide
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Barker
    Local Government Areas 2011 The Coorong (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated The Coorong
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COORONG DISTRICT COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 103
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 384
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) THE COORONG
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY AND MALLEE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MURRAY MALLEE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MURRAY MALLEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Mackillop
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 The Coorong
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Coorong
    Postal Areas 2021 5264
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 The Coorong
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Murray and Mallee
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Murray River, Lakes and Coorong
    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 Unknown/no data
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Unknown/No data
    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 2684.0 frequency
    Species Richness 399.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 496.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 213.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 214.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.16
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 510.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 212.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 16.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 58.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 47.543835 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 61.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 74.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 212.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.6875 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.116667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.208333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.131783 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 374.33044
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 20.316666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.116667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 20.0 m