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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE7655

Preserved specimen of Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) | Lesser Crested Tern recorded on 1964-10-28
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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 BE7655
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE7655
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Individual count 1
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

Event

Occurrence date 1964-10-28
Supplied date "1964-10-28T00:00:00\1964-10-28T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae
Scientific name Thalasseus bengalensis
Supplied scientific name "Sterna bengalensis torresii"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name Lesser Crested Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Thalasseus
Supplied as "Sterna"
Species Thalasseus bengalensis
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet torresii
Scientific name authorship (Lesson, 1831)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Queensland
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Sand Cay
Latitude -15.72
Supplied as: "-15.72"
Longitude 149.62
Supplied as: "149.62"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Sand Cay
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Gazetteer
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park