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Occurrence record: Bird:T4129

Preserved specimen of Calidris (Erolia) acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper recorded on 1992-11-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "Bird"
Catalog number T4129
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Bird:T4129
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skin
Identified by P.G. Horner  
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1996

Event

Occurrence date 1992-11-25
Supplied as year:1992  month:11  day:25 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Calidris (Erolia) acuminata
Supplied scientific name "Calidris acuminata"
Identified to rank species
Common name Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Calidris
Species Calidris acuminata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Horsfield, 1821)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Howard Swamp, Howard Springs, Outer Darwin
Latitude -12.417
Supplied as: "-12.417"
Longitude 131.033
Supplied as: "131.033"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 1f081312-83a9-4b61-81fc-3cc978b2e2ba
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -12.417,131.033
    Related records
    Record UUID 38127b36-70cf-4029-bdc7-461264550ae8
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -12.417,131.033
    Record UUID 3395320c-0abc-423c-9d94-bd26c4d8cea1
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -12.417,131.033
    Record UUID 6f494755-b4a9-4d8b-82ee-811db920f0fd
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -12.417,131.033
    Record UUID 55014622-a8f9-4c8c-85bc-b3efe0716092
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -12.417,131.033
    Record UUID b642d2b0-a253-495a-818b-3b30823d0d93
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -12.417,131.033

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FINNISS 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
    Local Government Areas 2011 Litchfield (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Litchfield - Pt A
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LITCHFIELD MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 92
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2309
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER DARWIN
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KOOLPINYAH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LITCHFIELD
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LITCHFIELD
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HOWARD SPRINGS - GUNN POINT
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NELSON
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1741.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 461.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1166.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.57
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.279167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 10.0 m