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Occurrence record: Birds:B23346

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 | Arctic Tern
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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 B23346
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Birds:B23346
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skeleton complete
Sex unknown
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation B23346
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Data generalizations Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]
State conservation Western Australia: Migratory

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Verbatim event date OCT1978?
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea
Supplied scientific name "Sterna paradisaea"
Identified to rank species
Common name Arctic Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna paradisaea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Pontoppidan, 1763
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -32.2
Supplied as: "-32.2"
Longitude 126.3
Supplied as: "126.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
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

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    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Outlier information  

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Nuytsland
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Nuytsland
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Hampton
    IBRA 7 Regions Hampton
    IBRA 7 Subregions Hampton
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NULLARBOR
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Deserts
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Dundas (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Dundas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF DUNDAS
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 48
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 493
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KAMBALDA - COOLGARDIE - NORSEMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS - GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with an open shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 298.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 63.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 98.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.5 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.18
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.35
    Elevation 19.0 m