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Occurrence record: Birds:B18772

Preserved specimen of Chlidonias (Pelodes) hybrida (Pallas, 1811) | Whiskered Tern recorded on 1976-05-31
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number B18772
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Birds:B18772
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin
Record number MRS359
Sex female
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation B18772
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1976-05-31
Verbatim event date 31MAY1976
End day of year 152
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 152

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chlidonias (Pelodes) hybrida
Supplied scientific name "Chlidonias hybrida"
Identified to rank species
Common name Whiskered Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Chlidonias
Species Chlidonias hybrida
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Pallas, 1811)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality MCARTHUR RIVER DELTA; SITE 7
Habitat
Supplied as "SANDBAR IN RIVER CHANNEL"
Latitude -15.8167
Supplied as: "-15.8167"
Longitude 136.6167
Supplied as: "136.6167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality MCARTHUR RIVER DELTA
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Modified date invalid Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara)
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara)
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara)
    Directory of Important Wetlands Port McArthur Tidal Wetlands System
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Coastal
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Limmen
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Limmen
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 McARTHUR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara)
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gulf
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1091
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MABUNJI - MUNGOORBADA OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Roper Gulf
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1114.0 frequency
    Species Richness 197.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 898.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 356.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 662.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 973.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 6.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 119.884224 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 365.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 255.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 692.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.619053 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 317.1392
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 35.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.449999 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.37
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.97
    Elevation 1.0 m