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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B8968-1

Preserved specimen of Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) | Gull-billed Tern recorded on 1965-01-14
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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 B8968-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B8968-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton|Dry
Collector J R. Wheeler
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1965-01-14
Supplied date "1965-01-14T00:00:00\1965-01-14T00:00:00"
End day of year 14
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 14

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 Goldsmith rookery
Latitude -37.53
Supplied as: "-37.53"
Longitude 143.35
Supplied as: "143.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lake Goldsmith rookery
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 9903d07b-201c-42b9-a93b-8c1a2841f38d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sterna nilotica macrotarsa
    Coordinates -37.53,143.35
    Related records
    Record UUID f5172c02-4fd9-45b1-9d9d-bcae9e52949f
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Gelochelidon nilotica
    Coordinates -37.53,143.35

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lake Goldsmith W.R.
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lake Goldsmith W.R.
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Lake Goldsmith W.R.
    GER Central Victorial Biolinks GER Central Victorial Biolinks
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    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) BEAUFORT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MARYBOROUGH - PYRENEES
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BALLARAT
    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) Inner 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 Beaufort
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Vic.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Pyrenees
    Postal Areas 2021 3373
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 20103101410
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Beaufort
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Maryborough - Pyrenees
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Ballarat
    Tourism Regions 2021 Ballarat
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Salt lakes and lagoons
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4814.0 frequency
    Species Richness 492.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 611.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 184.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 196.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.46
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 620.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 178.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 33.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 111.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 21.410408 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 111.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 66.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 195.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.658333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.300001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.733333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.14163 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 412.78894
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.783333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 363.0 m