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Occurrence record: Birds:O26921

Preserved specimen of Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 | Arctic Tern recorded on 1980-11-22
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Birds
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number O26921
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O26921
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skin
Life stage Uncertain
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1980-11-22
Verbatim event date 22 Nov 1980
Date precision DAY

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 Victoria
Locality Swan Lake - Cape Bridgewater
Latitude -38.216667
Supplied as: "-38.216667"
Longitude 141.233333
Supplied as: "141.233333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38° 13' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 14' East

Additional properties

object id VE24679

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)