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Occurrence record: Bird:T0321

Preserved specimen of Calidris (Erolia) acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper recorded on 1977-01-23
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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 T0321
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Bird:T0321
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skin
Identified by J.L. McKean  
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 1977

Event

Occurrence date 1977-01-23
Supplied as year:1977  month:1  day:23 
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 Victoria
Supplied as: "VIC"
Locality Hospital Lake, Barwon Heads
Latitude -38.283
Supplied as: "-38.283"
Longitude 144.5
Supplied as: "144.5"
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 06555e48-c6f5-442a-80db-620cce869bff
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -38.283,144.5
    Related records
    Record UUID d9ce8a97-cc45-4943-84f3-ac1dc4052b8d
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Calidris acuminata
    Coordinates -38.283,144.5

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Otway Plain
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 605.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 168.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 180.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.7 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.59
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.92
    Elevation 3.0 m