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Occurrence record: AVIF:A42442

Preserved specimen of Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) | Lesser Crested Tern
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A42442
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:42442
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg; Dry
Collector Hollis, R.  
Supplied as "Hollis, R."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Verbatim event date 1970-12-10
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Thalasseus bengalensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Lesser Crested Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Thalasseus
Species Thalasseus bengalensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lesson, 1831)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Michaelmas Cay
Latitude -16.61
Supplied as: "-16.61"
Longitude 145.97
Supplied as: "145.97"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Michaelmas Cay
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 16°36`36"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145°58`12"E

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