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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B20065

Preserved specimen of Megapodius Gaimard, 1823 | Melanesian Megapode recorded on 1991-01-18
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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 B20065
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B20065
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector Lane, Brett  
Supplied as "Brett Lane"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Adult
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 1991-01-18
Supplied date "1991-01-18T00:00:00\1991-01-18T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Neornithes | Galliformes | Megapodiidae
Scientific name Megapodius
Supplied scientific name "Megapodius eremita"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Melanesian Megapode
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Family Megapodiidae
Genus Megapodius
Species Megapodius eremita
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Gaimard, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Papua New Guinea | New Ireland Province
Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory New Ireland Province
Locality Simberi Island, Tabar Group
Latitude -2.5
Supplied as: "-2.5"
Longitude 152.0
Supplied as: "152"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Simberi Island, Tabar Group
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Tissue Bank Database
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code PG

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