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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B61147

Preserved specimen of Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) | Eastern Reef Egret recorded on 1910-10-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B61147
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:818760"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector Mellor, J. W  
Supplied as "Mellor, J W"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:247210
Occurrence date 1910-10-13
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Egretta sacra
Supplied scientific name "Egretta sacra JF Gmelin, 1789"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eastern Reef Egret
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Egretta
Species Egretta sacra
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1789)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -23.2333
Supplied as: "-23.2333"
Longitude 151.7667
Supplied as: "151.7667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Capricorn Islands | Tryon Island
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23 14 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151 46 00 E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Mackay-Capricorn
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLADSTONE REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GLADSTONE