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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B41580

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) dougallii gracilis Gould, 1845 | Australasian Roseate Tern recorded on 1961-12-13
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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 B41580
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:35503"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector Fuller, P J
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:10444
Occurrence date 1961-12-13
Supplied date "13/12/1961"
End day of year 347
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 347

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sterna (Sterna) dougallii gracilis
Supplied scientific name "Sterna dougallii gracilis"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Roseate Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna dougallii
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet gracilis
Subspecies Sterna (Sterna) dougallii gracilis
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1845
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Beagle Bay Islands | 160 miles N of Perth
Latitude -16.9
Supplied as: "-16.9"
Longitude 122.4833
Supplied as: "122.4833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16 54 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 122 29 00 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
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Canning
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Canning
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Unknown/no data
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Unknown/No data

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 152.0 frequency
    Species Richness 101.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 815.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 419.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 63.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 627.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 867.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 27.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 126.11439 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 349.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 247.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 650.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.870832 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.200001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 17.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.558333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.725872 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 260.3796
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.966667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.32
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.92